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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koimos

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 *ḱóymos (of the home, belonging to the family) (compare English home and Lithuanian káimas (village, countryside)), from *ḱey-.

Adjective

*koimos

  1. dear, nice

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *koimos *koimou *koimoi
vocative *koime *koimou *koimoi
accusative *koimom *koimou *koimoms
genitive *koimī *koimous *koimom
dative *koimūi *koimobom *koimobos
instrumental *koimū *koimobim *koimobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *koimā *koimai *koimās
vocative *koimā *koimai *koimās
accusative *koimam *koimai *koimams
genitive *koimās *koimous *koimom
dative *koimai *koimābom *koimābos
instrumental *? *koimābim *koimābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *koimom *koimou *koimā
vocative *koimom *koimou *koimā
accusative *koimom *koimou *koimā
genitive *koimī *koimous *koimom
dative *koimūi *koimobom *koimobos
instrumental *koimū *koimobim *koimobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kʉβ̃
    • Old Breton: cum
    • Cornish: kuv, cueff
    • Middle Welsh: ku
  • Old Irish: cóem
  • Gaulish: Coemo

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
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