Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koldom

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 *kelh₂- (“to break”) +‎ *-som, *-nom, or *-dom. Maybe cognate with Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“limping”).

Noun

*koldom n

1. destruction

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koldom	*koldou	*koldā
vocative	*koldom	*koldou	*koldā
accusative	*koldom	*koldou	*koldā
genitive	*koldī	*koldous	*koldom
dative	*koldūi	*koldobom	*koldobos
locative	*koldei	*?	*?
instrumental	*koldū	*koldobim	*koldūis

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: coll (“loss”)
    • Breton: koll (“loss”)
  • Old Cornish: colled (“loss”)
  • Middle Welsh: coll m (“loss”), coll (“lost”, adj)
    • Welsh: coll m (“loss”), coll (“lost”, adj)
• Goidelic:
  • Old Irish: coll n (“destruction”)
    • Middle Irish: coll, call m, coill, caill f
      • Scottish Gaelic: coll m (“destruction”)
      • Irish: caill f (“loss”)