Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kulis

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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]

Often compared to Latin culex. Pokorny, followed by Schrijver and Zair, connect the terms to Sanskrit शूल (śūla, stake).[1] Matasović is not confident in this connection.[2]

Noun[edit]

*kulis f

  1. fly, gnat

Inflection[edit]

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kulis *kulī *kulīs
vocative *kuli *kulī *kulīs
accusative *kulim *kulī *kulims
genitive *kuleis *kulyow *kulyom
dative *kulei *kulibom *kulibos
locative *kulei *? *?
instrumental *kulī *kulibim *kulibis

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kuli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 229