Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kuwannos
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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]Probably imitative in origin. While formally similar to Proto-West Germanic *hūō and Proto-Slavic *sovà, regular derivation of these terms from a common root appears to be phonologically impossible.
Although often reconstructed as *kawannos on the evidence of the Latin borrowing,[1] this cannot explain the Brythonic reflexes, which can only reflect *kuwann-.[2] Schrijver suggests that -av- in the Latin borrowings may represent the adaption of a Gaulish sound sequence foreign to Latin phonology.[3]
Noun
[edit]*kuwannos m
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kuwannos | *kuwannou | *kuwannoi |
| vocative | *kuwanne | *kuwannou | *kuwannoi |
| accusative | *kuwannom | *kuwannou | *kuwannons |
| genitive | *kuwannī | *kuwannous | *kuwannom |
| dative | *kuwannūi | *kuwannobom | *kuwannobos |
| locative | *kuwannei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kuwannū | *kuwannobim | *kuwannūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *kuwann f
- Gaulish: *cauannos
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kawanno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012), “Schrijver’s rules for British and Proto-Celtic *-ou̯- and *-uu̯- before a vowel”, in Laws and Rules in Indo-European[1], pages 147-158
- ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 335.
Further reading
[edit]- Jørgensen, Anders Richardt (2024), “A bird name suffix *-anno- in Celtic and Gallo-Romance”, in Guus Kroonen, editor, Sub-Indo-European Europe: Problems, Methods, Results, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, , pages 133-156