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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kallī
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Uncertain. Maybe a derivative of the nasal present Proto-Indo-European *kl̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *kl̥-n-h₂-énti (“to beat”) of Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-.[1] Other suggestions include from *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), whence Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to cut”),[2] or from *kel- (“to drive”), whence Latin callis (“path”).[3]
Declension
Feminine ī/yā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *kallī | *kallī | *kallyās |
vocative | *kallī | *kallī | *kallyās |
accusative | *kallīm | *kallī | *kallīms |
genitive | *kallyās | *kallyous | *kallyom |
dative | *kallyai | *kallyābom | *kallyābos |
locative | *? | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *kallyābim | *kallyābis |
Descendants
References
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182f.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2675, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “celli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Proto-Celtic/kallī”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page caill
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