Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanawū

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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 Proto-Indo-European *ken- (to begin).[1]

Noun[edit]

*kanawū m

  1. whelp, cub

Inflection[edit]

Masculine/feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kanawū *kanawone? *kanawones
vocative *kanawū *kanawone? *kanawones
accusative *kanawonam *kanawone? *kanawonams
genitive *kanawonos *kanawonows? *kanawonom
dative *kanawonei *kanawombom *kanawombos
locative *kanawon(i) *? *?
instrumental *kanawonei *kanawombim *kanawombis

Descendants[edit]

  • Brythonic: *kėnėw
    • Old Breton: ceneuan, compare Rikeneu (PN)
    • Middle Welsh: ceneu
  • Old Irish: cana
    • Scottish Gaelic: cana

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187