Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸerkʷennom
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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]From *uɸer- (“over”) + *kʷennom (“head”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*uɸerkʷennom n
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *uɸerkʷennom | *uɸerkʷennou | *uɸerkʷennā |
| vocative | *uɸerkʷennom | *uɸerkʷennou | *uɸerkʷennā |
| accusative | *uɸerkʷennom | *uɸerkʷennou | *uɸerkʷennā |
| genitive | *uɸerkʷennī | *uɸerkʷennous | *uɸerkʷennom |
| dative | *uɸerkʷennūi | *uɸerkʷennobom | *uɸerkʷennobos |
| locative | *uɸerkʷennei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *uɸerkʷennū | *uɸerkʷennobim | *uɸerkʷennūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *gworfenn (unlenited), *warfenn (lenited)
- Old Irish: forcenn, forcan
- Irish: foirceann
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufor-kʷenno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 399