cóennae

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Maybe from Proto-Celtic *kowinos, a vṛddhi-derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoinom (mud, dirt) (whence Latin caenum). Cognate with Breton kevni and Corsican kewny.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːi̯n͈e/, [ˈkoːi̯n͈ɘ]

Noun

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cóennae (gender unknown, genitive unattested, no plural)

  1. moss

Derived terms

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  • cáennach (mossy)
    • Middle Irish: *cáennach (moss)
      • Irish: caonach
      • Scottish Gaelic: còinneach
      • Manx: keynnagh

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cóennae chóennae cóennae
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ David Stifter (2020) “Old Irish etymology through the ages”, in Language & History[1], volume 63, →DOI, Excursus 3: OIr. cóennae* ‘moss’, pages 24-46

Further reading

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  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáenna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 8 August 2024
  • Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “cáenna”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-7
  • Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović[2], Zagreb, page 23