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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kenetlom

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ken- (to begin) + *-tlom.[1]

Noun

*kenetlom n

  1. race, people

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kenetlom *kenetlou *kenetlā
vocative *kenetlom *kenetlou *kenetlā
accusative *kenetlom *kenetlou *kenetlā
genitive *kenetlī *kenetlous *kenetlom
dative *kenetlūi *kenetlobom *kenetlobos
locative *kenetlei *? *?
instrumental *kenetlū *kenetlobim *kenetlūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kenedl
    • Old Breton: chenetl
      • Breton: kenel
    • Old Cornish: kinethel
      • Cornish: kenedhel
    • Old Welsh: kenedel
      • Middle Welsh: kenedyl
  • Old Irish: cenél

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
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