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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kaballos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps a Wanderwort.[1] See caballus.

Noun

*kaballos m[2]

  1. horse
    Synonym: *ekʷos

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kaballos *kaballou *kaballoi
vocative *kaballe *kaballou *kaballūs
accusative *kaballom *kaballou *kaballoms
genitive *kaballī *kaballous *kaballom
dative *kaballūi *kaballobom *kaballobos
locative *kaballei *? *?
instrumental *kaballū *kaballobim *kaballūis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kėfɨl
    • Old Breton: cefel
      • Breton: kefel
    • Old Welsh: cefel, chefel
      • Middle Welsh: keffyl
  • Old Irish: capall (←? Brythonic)
  • Gaulish: *kaballos
    • →? Latin: caballus (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “caballos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 96
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*kaballo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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