Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klukā
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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]Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language.[1] Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.
Noun
[edit]*klukā f
Declension
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *klokā | *klokai | *klokās |
| vocative | *klokā | *klokai | *klokās |
| accusative | *klokam | *klokai | *klokāms |
| genitive | *klokās | *klokous | *klokom |
| dative | *klokāi | *klokābom | *klokābos |
| locative | *klokai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *klokābim | *klokābis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- For connecting this to *klokerom (“heap of stones”) to work, as Matasović and James do, *klokā, not *klukā must be reconstructed, as the i-affected outcome in Welsh clegyr exposes the stem vowel as *o (otherwise the Welsh word would end up as **clygyr).
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN