Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kounā

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

From a collective of a vṛddhi formation *ḱewnós (“(born) of dogs”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).^[1]^[2] See also *deywós (“god”), whence Proto-Celtic *deiwos, for a similar formation.

Noun

*kounā f

pack of dogs, wolfpack
litter of puppies

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kounā	*kounai	*kounās
vocative	*kounā	*kounai	*kounās
accusative	*kounam	*kounai	*kounāms
genitive	*kounās	*kounous	*kounom
dative	*kounāi	*kounābom	*kounābos
locative	*kounai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*kounābim	*kounābis

Related terms

*kū

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *kʉn
- Middle Welsh: cun
  - Welsh: cun
Old Irish: cúan (“litter, pack”)
- Middle Irish: cúan
  - Irish: cuain (“litter, brood”)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kownā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 440

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kownā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 219

[2] Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 440

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