Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bakkos
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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]Unknown. Historically linked[1] to Latin baculum (“staff, rod”), presumably from Proto-Indo-European *bak-. Matasović assumes a wanderword origin.
Noun
[edit]*bakkos m[2]
Declension
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *bakkos | *bakkou | *bakkoi |
| vocative | *bakke | *bakkou | *bakkoi |
| accusative | *bakkom | *bakkou | *bakkoms |
| genitive | *bakkī | *bakkous | *bakkom |
| dative | *bakkūi | *bakkobom | *bakkobos |
| locative | *bakkei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *bakkū | *bakkobim | *bakkūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: bacc
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 93
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bakko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 52