Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/loku

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 *lókus.

Noun

*loku n

1. lake, pool

Declension

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*loku	*lokū	*lokwā
vocative	*loku	*lokū	*lokwā
accusative	*loku	*lokū	*lokwā
genitive	*lokous	*lokous	*lokowom
dative	*lokou	*lokubom	*lokubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*lokū	*lokubim	*lokubis

Descendants

• Old Irish: loch
  • Irish: loch
    • → English: lough
  • Manx: logh
  • Scottish Gaelic: loch
    • → Middle English: lough, loch, louche; luh
      • English: lough, loch
      • Scots: loch
  • >? Welsh: llwch
  • >? Breton: loc’h
  • >? Cornish: logh

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “loch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN