Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kagyom

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 *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”).

Noun

*kagyom n

1. pen, enclosure

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kagyom	*kagyou	*kagyā
vocative	*kagyom	*kagyou	*kagyā
accusative	*kagyom	*kagyou	*kagyā
genitive	*kagyī	*kagyous	*kagyom
dative	*kagyūi	*kagyobom	*kagyobos
locative	*kagyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kagyū	*kagyobim	*kagyūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *kaɨ
  • Old Breton: cai
    • Middle Breton: quae
      • Breton: kae
  • Cornish: ke
  • Middle Welsh: kay, kae
    • Welsh: cae
• Gaulish: cagiíun, *kagyom
  • Medieval Latin: caium, caia (see there for further descendants)