Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷennowindos
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Kʷennowindos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *kʷennom (“head”) + *windos (“white”).
Adjective
*kʷennowindos
- white-headed, white-faced
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷennowindos | *kʷennowindou | *kʷennowindoi |
| vocative | *kʷennowinde | *kʷennowindou | *kʷennowindoi |
| accusative | *kʷennowindom | *kʷennowindou | *kʷennowindons |
| genitive | *kʷennowindī | *kʷennowindous | *kʷennowindom |
| dative | *kʷennowindūi | *kʷennowindobom | *kʷennowindobos |
| instrumental | *kʷennowindū | *kʷennowindobim | *kʷennowindobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷennowindā | *kʷennowindai | *kʷennowindās |
| vocative | *kʷennowindā | *kʷennowindai | *kʷennowindās |
| accusative | *kʷennowindam | *kʷennowindai | *kʷennowindans |
| genitive | *kʷennowindās | *kʷennowindous | *kʷennowindom |
| dative | *kʷennowindai | *kʷennowindābom | *kʷennowindābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kʷennowindābim | *kʷennowindābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷennowindom | *kʷennowindou | *kʷennowindā |
| vocative | *kʷennowindom | *kʷennowindou | *kʷennowindā |
| accusative | *kʷennowindom | *kʷennowindou | *kʷennowindā |
| genitive | *kʷennowindī | *kʷennowindous | *kʷennowindom |
| dative | *kʷennowindūi | *kʷennowindobom | *kʷennowindobos |
| instrumental | *kʷennowindū | *kʷennowindobim | *kʷennowindobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷennowindyūs | *? | *kʷennowindyoses |
| vocative | *kʷennowindyūs | *? | *kʷennowindyoses |
| accusative | *kʷennowindyosam | *? | *kʷennowindyosans |
| genitive | *kʷennowindisos | *? | *kʷennowindisom |
| dative | *kʷennowindisei | *? | *kʷennowindisbos |
| instrumental | *kʷennowindisī | *? | *kʷennowindisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷennowindyūs | *? | *kʷennowindyoses |
| vocative | *kʷennowindyūs | *? | *kʷennowindyoses |
| accusative | *kʷennowindyosam | *? | *kʷennowindyosans |
| genitive | *kʷennowindisos | *? | *kʷennowindisom |
| dative | *kʷennowindisei | *? | *kʷennowindisbos |
| instrumental | *kʷennowindisī | *? | *kʷennowindisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷennowindis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *kʷennowindis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *kʷennowindis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *kʷennowindisos | *? | *kʷennowindisom |
| dative | *kʷennowindisei | *? | *kʷennowindisbos |
| instrumental | *kʷennowindisī | *? | *kʷennowindisbis |
Derived terms
- Proto-Celtic: *Kʷennowindos (personal name) (see there for further descendants)
Descendants
- Old Irish: cenand
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: penwyn
References
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “penno-”, in 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, page 249