Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/boukolyos

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).

Noun

*boukolyos m

  1. cowherd

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *boukolyos *boukolyou *boukolyoi
vocative *boukolye *boukolyou *boukolyoi
accusative *boukolyom *boukolyou *boukolyons
genitive *boukolyī *boukolyous *boukolyom
dative *boukolyūi *boukolyobom *boukolyobos
locative *boukolyei *? *?
instrumental *boukolyū *boukolyobim *boukolyūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *bʉgöl
    • Middle Breton: buguel, bugel
    • Cornish: bugel
    • Middle Welsh: bugeil
  • Old Irish: búachaill, bóchaill
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