Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/olīnā

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 Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bow, to bend; elbow”). Cognate with Latin ulna and Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina).

Noun

*olīnā f^[1]

elbow, angle

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*olīnā	*olīnai	*olīnās
vocative	*olīnā	*olīnai	*olīnās
accusative	*olīnam	*olīnai	*olīnāms
genitive	*olīnās	*olīnous	*olīnom
dative	*olīnāi	*olīnābom	*olīnābos
locative	*olīnai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*olīnābim	*olīnābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ölin
- Middle Breton: elin
  - Breton: elin
- Cornish: elyn, elin
- Old Welsh: elin
  - Welsh: elin
Goidelic:
- Old Irish: uilen^[2]
  - Irish: uillinn
  - Manx: uillin
  - Scottish Gaelic: uileann

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*olīnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 297
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uilen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*olīnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 297

[DIL-2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uilen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1]

[2]