Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ganskyos

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly from earlier *kankskyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱank-sḱ-, from *ḱank- (branch)[1]. Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, plough), Lithuanian šakà (branch), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, stake, club, brace, plough), Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax, branch, twig), Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā), Persian شاخ (šâx, branch).

Noun

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*ganskyos m

  1. branch, twig

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kankyos *kankyou *kankyoi
vocative *kankye *kankyou *kankyoi
accusative *kankyom *kankyou *kankyoms
genitive *kankyī *kankyous *kankyom
dative *kankyūi *kankyobom *kankyobos
locative *kankyei *? *?
instrumental *kankyū *kankyobim *kankyūis
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157
  2. ^ Strachan, John (1898) “The compensatory lengthening of vowels in Irish”, in Philological Society (Great Britain)[1], page 252:gésca 'branch' = *cancscaio
  3. ^ The template Template:R:es:Roberts:2014 does not use the parameter(s):
    passage=Celt. *ganskio: branch
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    Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 798