Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ekʷos

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 *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

*ekʷos m

1. horse

   Synonyms: *kaballos, *markos, *uɸoreidos

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ekʷos	*ekʷou	*ekʷoi
vocative	*ekʷe	*ekʷou	*ekoi
accusative	*ekʷom	*ekʷou	*ekoms
genitive	*ekʷī	*ekʷous	*ekʷom
dative	*ekūi	*ekʷobom	*ekʷobos
locative	*ekʷei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ekū	*ekʷobim	*ekʷūis

Derived terms

• *ekʷālos

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *eb
  • Old Breton: eb
    • Breton: keneb (“mare in foal”), ebeul (“colt, foal”)
  • Old Welsh: eb
    • Middle Welsh: ep, ebawl (“colt, foal”)
      • Welsh: cyfeb (“mare in foal”), ebol (“colt, foal”), ebran (“fodder, stover”)
• Primitive Irish: *ᚓᚊᚐᚄ (*eqas)
  • Old Irish: ech
    • Middle Irish: ech
      • Irish: each
      • Manx: agh, eagh
      • Scottish Gaelic: each
• Gaulish: epos
• Celtiberian: ekua-