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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kelɸurnos

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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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Unknown and probably a Wanderwort; similar words appear in Latin calpar and Ancient Greek κάλπις (kálpis).[1]

Noun

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*kelɸurnos m

  1. pail, bucket
  2. pitcher
  3. pot, vat, vessel

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kelɸurnos *kelɸurnou *kelɸurnoi
vocative *kelɸurne *kelɸurnou *kelɸurnoi
accusative *kelɸurnom *kelɸurnou *kelɸurnons
genitive *kelɸurnī *kelɸurnous *kelɸurnom
dative *kelɸurnūi *kelɸurnobom *kelɸurnobos
locative *kelɸurnei *? *?
instrumental *kelɸurnū *kelɸurnobim *kelɸurnūis

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kelfurno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 198-199