Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kēlyos
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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]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain.[1] Possibly originally meaning "wayfarer," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle”), similar to the sense development of Old Irish séitig (“wife”) from *sentus (“way, path”).[2] Stokes instead compares Latin cacula (“servant”).[3]
Noun[edit]
*kēlyos m
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kēlyos | *kēlyou | *kēlyoi |
| vocative | *kēlye | *kēlyou | *kēlyūs |
| accusative | *kēlyom | *kēlyou | *kēlyoms |
| genitive | *kēlyī | *kēlyous | *kēlyom |
| dative | *kēlyūi | *kēlyobom | *kēlyobos |
| locative | *kēlyei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kēlyū | *kēlyobim | *kēlyūis |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kēlyo- / *kilyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 199–200
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 66