Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karnos

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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]

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

Noun[edit]

*karnos m[1]

  1. heap of stones, cairn, tomb

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *karnos *karnou *karnoi
vocative *karne *karnou *karnūs
accusative *karnom *karnou *karnoms
genitive *karnī *karnous *karnom
dative *karnūi *karnobom *karnobos
locative *karnei *? *?
instrumental *karnū *karnobim *karnūis

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*karno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191