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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koldom

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 *kelh₂- (“to break”) +‎ *-som, *-nom, or *-dom.[1] Maybe cognate with Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“limping”).[2]

Noun

*koldom n[2]

  1. destruction

Declension
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *koldom *koldou *koldā
vocative *koldom *koldou *koldā
accusative *koldom *koldou *koldā
genitive *koldī *koldous *koldom
dative *koldūi *koldobom *koldobos
locative *koldei *? *?
instrumental *koldū *koldobim *koldūis

Descendants
  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: coll (“loss”)
      • Breton: koll (“loss”)
    • Old Cornish: colled (“loss”)
    • Middle Welsh: coll m (“loss”), coll (“lost”, adj)
      • Welsh: coll m (“loss”), coll (“lost”, adj)
  • Goidelic:[3]

References
  1. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 245, 249
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koldo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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