Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolignos

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

Due to a lack of potential Indo-European comparanda, Matasović concludes that the word was probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language.^[1]

Noun

*kolignos m^[1]^[2]^[3]

puppy

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kolignos	*kolignou	*kolignoi
vocative	*koligne	*kolignou	*kolignoi
accusative	*kolignom	*kolignou	*kolignons
genitive	*kolignī	*kolignous	*kolignom
dative	*kolignūi	*kolignobom	*kolignobos
locative	*kolignei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kolignū	*kolignobim	*kolignūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *koluɨn
- Breton: kolen
- Old Cornish: coloin
  - Cornish: kolen
- Welsh: colwyn
Old Irish: cuilén
- Irish: coileán
  - Irish: Coileán
    - English: Colin
    - English: Cullane
- Manx: quallian
- Scottish Gaelic: cuilean
  - Scottish Gaelic: Cailean
    - English: Colin

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koligno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “colwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 356-359

[EDPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koligno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “colwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[3] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 356-359

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