Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karnom

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

Perhaps related to *karwos (“stag, deer”) and *karno- (“hoof, horn”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”).

Noun

*karnom n

1. heap of stones, cairn, tomb
2. horn; antler

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*karnom	*karnou	*karnā
vocative	*karnom	*karnou	*karnā
accusative	*karnom	*karnou	*karnā
genitive	*karnī	*karnous	*karnom
dative	*karnūi	*karnobom	*karnobos
locative	*karnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*karnū	*karnobim	*karnūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *karn
  • Middle Breton: (Pen) karn
    • Breton: karn
  • Cornish: carn
  • Middle Welsh: carn, carnau, cernydd, cerni
• Old Irish: carn
  • Scottish Gaelic: càrn
• Gaulish: carnon
• ⇒ Gaulish: 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌍𐌉𐌕𐌖 (3sg. pret. of a denominative verb), Carnuntum