Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/keinos
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]No etymology given by Delamarre.
The usual derivation takes this as derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”),[1][2] but this requires a metathesis in its currently reconstructed form, and this reconstruction cannot accommodate the Gaulish words.
Adjective
[edit]*keinos[3]
- long (of time)
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *keinos | *keinou | *keinoi |
| vocative | *keine | *keinou | *keinoi |
| accusative | *keinom | *keinou | *keinoms |
| genitive | *keinī | *keinous | *keinom |
| dative | *keinūi | *keinobom | *keinobos |
| instrumental | *keinū | *keinobim | *keinobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *keinā | *keinai | *keinās |
| vocative | *keinā | *keinai | *keinās |
| accusative | *keinam | *keinai | *keinams |
| genitive | *keinās | *keinous | *keinom |
| dative | *keinai | *keinābom | *keinābos |
| instrumental | *? | *keinābim | *keinābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *keinom | *keinou | *keinā |
| vocative | *keinom | *keinou | *keinā |
| accusative | *keinom | *keinou | *keinā |
| genitive | *keinī | *keinous | *keinom |
| dative | *keinūi | *keinobom | *keinobos |
| instrumental | *keinū | *keinobim | *keinobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *keinyūs | *? | *keinyoses |
| vocative | *keinyūs | *? | *keinyoses |
| accusative | *keinyosam | *? | *keinyosams |
| genitive | *keinisos | *? | *keinisom |
| dative | *keinisei | *? | *keinisbos |
| instrumental | *keinisī | *? | *keinisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *keinyūs | *? | *keinyoses |
| vocative | *keinyūs | *? | *keinyoses |
| accusative | *keinyosam | *? | *keinyosams |
| genitive | *keinisos | *? | *keinisom |
| dative | *keinisei | *? | *keinisbos |
| instrumental | *keinisī | *? | *keinisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *keinis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *keinis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *keinis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *keinisos | *? | *keinisom |
| dative | *keinisei | *? | *keinisbos |
| instrumental | *keinisī | *? | *keinisbis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: cían, cén
- Gaulish: *cenos
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Cenomanoi
- → Latin: Cenomanī
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Cenouelos
- → Latin: Cenovelus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Cenobarbos
- → Latin: Cenobarbus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Cenomanoi
References
[edit]- ^ Lucht, Martina (2007) Der Grundwortschatz des Altirischen[1] (in German), Bonn: Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, page 242
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷēno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 177-178
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ceno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 114