Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/keiliyos

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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

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Etymology

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Uncertain.[1] Possibly originally meaning "wayfarer," from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (to settle), similar to the sense development of Old Irish séitig (wife) from *sentus (way, path).[2] Stokes instead compares Latin cacula (servant).[3]

Noun

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*keiliyos m[4][5]

  1. companion[1]
  2. servant

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *keiliyos *keiliyou *keiliyoi
vocative *keiliye *keiliyou *keiliyūs
accusative *keiliyom *keiliyou *keiliyoms
genitive *keiliyī *keiliyous *keiliyom
dative *keiliyūi *keiliyobom *keiliyobos
locative *keiliyei *? *?
instrumental *keiliyū *keiliyobim *keiliyūis

Reconstruction notes

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  • Matasović claims that the Brittonic forms must have come from *kil(i)yos. He is incorrect; they can only come from *keiliyos.
    • *kilyos can only yield non-existent monosyllabic Welsh **cyl, and *kiliyos would yield also non-existent **cylydd.
    • On the other hand, *keiliyos can produce Welsh cilydd handily with internal i-affection of *ei.[6]

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *kilɨð
    • Middle Welsh: cilit, kilid
    • Old Breton: kiled
    • Cornish: kila
  • Primitive Irish: ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (celi, genitive)
  • Gaulish: cele (attested on Châteaubleau tile)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kēlyo- / *kilyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 199–200
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceil”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  3. ^ Stokes, Whitley, Bezzenberger, Adalbert (1894) Urkeltischer Sprachschatz (Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen; Zweiter Theil) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 66
  4. ^ Schrijver, Peter (1998) “The Châteaubleau tile as a link between Latin and French and between Gaulish and Brittonic”, in Etudes Celtiques, volume 34, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 135–142
  5. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cele”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 112
  6. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 241-243