Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/genos

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 Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os.

Noun

*genos n

1. family, clan
2. birth

Declension

Neuter s-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*genos	*genese?	*genesa
vocative	*genos	*genese?	*genesa
accusative	*genos	*genese?	*genesa
genitive	*genesos	*genesous?	*genesom
dative	*genesē	*genesbom	*genesbos
locative	*genesi	*?	*?
instrumental	*genesē	*genesbim	*genesbis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gen
  • Old Breton: gen
    • ⇒ Breton: genel (denominative)
  • ⇒ Old Welsh: Mor-gen
• ⇒ Gaulish: Ad-genus, Cintu-genus
• ⇒? Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena, “daughter”)
  • Old Irish: ingen
    • Middle Irish: ingen
      • Irish: iníon, inghean; inghin, inín; nighean, níon, inín
      • Manx: inneen
      • Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
      • Irish: iníonas
• ⇒ Old Irish: Eógan