Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klownis

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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]

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlopni-, from *ḱlep- (“wet, swampy”), see also Czech slota and Slovak slota (“rainy weather”), Lithuanian šlapias (“wet”), Ancient Greek κλέπας (klépas).

Noun[edit]

*klownis m[1][2]

  1. meadow

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Welsh: clun
      • Middle Welsh: clun (“meadow, moor; brake; brushwood”)
  • Old Irish: clúain
  • Celtiberian: *klounia (placename)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klowni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 209
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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