Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krokeno-

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.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krokkenom

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Unknown; any etymology for this is highly speculative. Possible (mutually exclusive) comparanda include:

• Proto-Germanic *hreganą (“to jut out”)
• Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz (“roe”) (ruled "less likely" by Stifter)
• Proto-Celtic *karrikā (“stone”), whence Welsh carreg (ruled "less likely" by Stifter)

Noun

*krokeno- gender unattested

1. shell
2. shellfish

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krokenos	*krokenou	*krokenoi
vocative	*krokene	*krokenou	*krokenoi
accusative	*krokenom	*krokenou	*krokenons
genitive	*krokenī	*krokenous	*krokenom
dative	*krokenūi	*krokenobom	*krokenobos
locative	*krokenei	*?	*?
instrumental	*krokenū	*krokenobim	*krokenūis

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krokenom	*krokenou	*krokenā
vocative	*krokenom	*krokenou	*krokenā
accusative	*krokenom	*krokenou	*krokenā
genitive	*krokenī	*krokenous	*krokenom
dative	*krokenūi	*krokenobom	*krokenobos
locative	*krokenei	*?	*?
instrumental	*krokenū	*krokenobim	*krokenūis

Reconstruction notes

• The word is only attested in languages that lost the neuter gender, making it impossible to determine the original gender between masculine or neuter.

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *krogen
  • Middle Breton: croguenn
    • Breton: krogenn (“shell”)
  • Old Cornish: crogen
  • Middle Welsh: cragen
    • Welsh: crogen, cragen
• Goidelic:
  • Scottish Gaelic: creachann (“scallop”)