Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolgā

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

Matasović tries to derive this from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-, but he has no idea what velar suffix could be used to derive the Celtic forms from that root.

Noun

*kolgā f

1. a stabbing weapon, like a dagger

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kolgā	*kolgai	*kolgās
vocative	*kolgā	*kolgai	*kolgās
accusative	*kolgam	*kolgai	*kolgāns
genitive	*kolgās	*kolgous	*kolgom
dative	*kolgāi	*kolgābom	*kolgābos
locative	*kolgai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*kolgābim	*kolgābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *kolɣ
  • Cornish: col (“awn”), kolgh (“spike”)
  • Middle Welsh: col, coly
    • Welsh: col, cola
• Middle Irish: colg, calg
  • Irish: colg