Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kaballos
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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]Alternative forms
[edit]- *kappallos[1]
Etymology
[edit]Unknown; perhaps a Wanderwort.[1] See caballus.
Noun
[edit]*kaballos m[2]
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaballos | *kaballou | *kaballoi |
| vocative | *kaballe | *kaballou | *kaballoi |
| accusative | *kaballom | *kaballou | *kaballons |
| genitive | *kaballī | *kaballous | *kaballom |
| dative | *kaballūi | *kaballobom | *kaballobos |
| locative | *kaballei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kaballū | *kaballobim | *kaballūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *kėfɨl
- Old Irish: capall (←? Brythonic)
- Gaulish: *kaballos
- →? Latin: caballus (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “caballos”, 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 96
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*kaballo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies