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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolignos

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

Due to a lack of potential Indo-European comparanda, Matasović concludes that the word was probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.[1]

Noun

*kolignos m[1][2][3]

  1. puppy

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kulēnos *kulēnou *kulēnoi
vocative *kulēne *kulēnou *kulēnūs
accusative *kulēnom *kulēnou *kulēnoms
genitive *kulēnī *kulēnous *kulēnom
dative *kulēnūi *kulēnobom *kulēnobos
locative *kulēnei *? *?
instrumental *kulēnū *kulēnobim *kulēnūis

Descendants

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koligno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “colwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 356-359
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