Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kū

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 *ḱwṓ.

Noun

*kū m

1. dog
2. wolf

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kū	*kune	*kunes
vocative	*kū	*kune	*kunes
accusative	*kunam	*kune	*kunams
genitive	*kunos	*kunou	*kunom
dative	*kunei	*kunobom	*kunobos
locative	*kuni	—	—
instrumental	*kune?	*kunobim	*kunobis

Derived terms

• *dubrokū

Descendants

• Brythonic: *ki
  • Middle Breton: ci, qui
    • Breton: ki
  • Old Cornish: ci
    • Cornish: ki, kei
  • Middle Welsh: ci, ki
    • Welsh: ci
• Primitive Irish: ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna)
  • Old Irish: cú
    • Irish: cú
    • Manx: coo
    • Scottish Gaelic: cù
• Gaulish: cuna