Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Katuwelnāmnos

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

From *katus (“battle”) +‎ *wolnāmnos, from *wolnāmon- (“ruler”), from *wolnāti (“to rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *wol-néh₂-ti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong, rule”) (compare Proto-Celtic *walos (“prince, chief”)).[1]

Proper noun

*Katuwelnāmnos

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cadwallon

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Katuwelnāmnos — —
vocative *Katuwelnāmne — —
accusative *Katuwelnāmnom — —
genitive *Katuwelnāmnī — —
dative *Katuwelnāmnūi — —
locative *Katuwelnāmnei — —
instrumental *Katuwelnāmnū — —

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *Kaduwallọn
    • Old Breton: Kaduuallon, Catuuallon
      • Breton: Kadwallawn
    • Cornish: Kaswallawn
    • Old Welsh: Cadwallawn
      • Middle Welsh: Catgollaun, Catguallaun, Katwallaun
        • Welsh: Cadwallon
    • → Old English: Cædwalla
  • Old Irish: Cathfollomon
    • Irish: Cathfollomon
  • Gaulish: Cattuellaunos,[2] Catalaunos, Catellaunos[3]

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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
  3. ^ Claude Robert (1751) Gallia christiana‎[1], pages 656-657
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