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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ognos

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

Often connected with Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós (“lamb”) but there are multiple phonetic difficulties.[1]

  • The initial *o instead of *a is unexpected. Often, influence from *owis (“sheep”) is cited.
  • The labiovelar must have been delabialized on the way to Celtic, or else **abnos would have resulted. The delabialization is often assumed to be regular by many scholars without citing another example, while Matasović assumes dissimilation from a byform *owi-gʷnos > *owi-gnos.

Noun

*ognos m[2][3][4][5]

  1. lamb

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ognos *ognou *ognoi
vocative *ogne *ognou *ognūs
accusative *ognom *ognou *ognoms
genitive *ognī *ognous *ognom
dative *ognūi *ognobom *ognobos
locative *ognei *? *?
instrumental *ognū *ognobim *ognūis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *oɣn
    • Middle Breton: oen
    • Cornish: on
    • Middle Welsh: oen
  • Old Irish: úan

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*owigno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 301-302
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “oen”, 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 223, 274
  4. McCone, Kim (1996) Towards a relative chronology of ancient and medieval Celtic sound change, Maynooth: Dept. of Old Irish, St. Patrick's College, →ISBN, page 122
  5. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 22
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