Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kennos

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

May be related to Proto-Germanic *skinþą (“skin, peel”).

Noun

*kennos m

1. skin

   Synonyms: *krokkenom, *knissos

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kennos	*kennou	*kennoi
vocative	*kenne	*kennou	*kennoi
accusative	*kennom	*kennou	*kennoms
genitive	*kennī	*kennous	*kennom
dative	*kennūi	*kennobom	*kennobos
locative	*kennei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kennū	*kennobim	*kennūis

Reconstruction notes

The feminine gender in Old Irish is secondary, to better distinguish the word from the reflex of *kʷennom, which had become homophones with it.

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *kenn
  • Old Breton: cennen
    • Breton: kenn
  • Old Welsh: ceenn (“Murex snail dye”)
    • Middle Welsh: cen, ken (“skin, animal scale”)
      • Welsh: cen
• Old Irish: cenn f (“covering”), cenne m
  • ⇒ Irish: scannán (“film”)