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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kuwannos
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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
Probably imitative in origin. While formally similar to Proto-Germanic *hūwô and Proto-Slavic *sovà, regular derivation of these terms from a common root appears to be phonologically impossible.
Although often reconstructed as *kawannos on the evidence of the Latin borrowing,[1] this cannot explain the Brythonic reflexes, which can only reflect *kuwann-.[2] Schrijver suggests that -av- in the Latin borrowings may represent the adaption of a Gaulish sound sequence foreign to Latin phonology.[3]
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kuwannos | *kuwannou | *kuwannoi |
| vocative | *kuwanne | *kuwannou | *kuwannūs |
| accusative | *kuwannom | *kuwannou | *kuwannoms |
| genitive | *kuwannī | *kuwannous | *kuwannom |
| dative | *kuwannūi | *kuwannobom | *kuwannobos |
| locative | *kuwannei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kuwannū | *kuwannobim | *kuwannūis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kawanno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) “Schrijver’s rules for British and Proto-Celtic *-ou̯- and *-uu̯- before a vowel”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European, pages 147-158
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 335
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