Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/doklos

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

Compare Proto-Germanic *taglą, Proto-Slavic *dolka and Sanskrit दशा (daśā),[1] all from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-.

Noun

*doklos m

  1. lock of hair

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *doklos *doklou *dokloi
vocative *dokle *doklou *dokloi
accusative *doklom *doklou *doklons
genitive *doklī *doklous *doklom
dative *doklūi *doklobom *doklobos
locative *doklei *? *?
instrumental *doklū *doklobim *doklūis

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: dúal

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*doklo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 102