Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kulɸom
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear; it has been compared with Latin culpa (“blame, guilt, crime”), and *ɸ may be reconstructed if the comparison is valid. It has also alternatively been compared to Latin scelus (“crime, criminal”),[1] but the -u- is harder to explain that way.
Noun
[edit]*kulɸom n
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kulɸom | *kulɸou | *kulɸā |
| vocative | *kulɸom | *kulɸou | *kulɸā |
| accusative | *kulɸom | *kulɸou | *kulɸā |
| genitive | *kulɸī | *kulɸous | *kulɸom |
| dative | *kulɸūi | *kulɸobom | *kulɸobos |
| locative | *kulɸei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kulɸū | *kulɸobim | *kulɸūis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kul(f)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 228-229