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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kū

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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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    From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.[1]

    Noun

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    *kū m

    1. dog
    2. wolf
      Synonym: *wailos

    Declension

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

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Proto-Brythonic: *ki
      • Middle Breton: ci, qui
        • Breton: ki
      • Old Cornish: ci
      • Middle Welsh: ci, ki
    • Primitive Irish: *ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (*cuna, gen.sg.)
    • Pictish: ᚉᚆᚒ (chu)

    References

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    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 181
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