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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knūs

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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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From a hypothetical Pre-Celtic *knuHs, which in view of the vacillating consonantism in Germanic and Latin (from *knuds and *knuks respectively) is probably a post-PIE loanword from a European substrate language. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hnuts, Latin nux.

Noun

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*knūs f

  1. nut

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *knūs *knuwe *knuwes
vocative *knūs *knuwe *knuwes
accusative *knuwam *knuwe *knuwams
genitive *knuwos *knuwou *knuwom
dative *knuwei *knuwobom *knuwobos
locative *knuwi
instrumental *knuwe? *knuwobim *knuwobis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *know pl
    • Old Breton: cnou
    • Cornish: know
    • Middle Welsh: kneu
  • Old Irish: cnú

References

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