Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷresnogalā

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 *kʷresnom (“tree, wood”) +‎ *galā (“fury”).

Noun

*kʷresnogalā f

  1. Refers to a wide range of wooden objects, see descendants

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷresnogalā *kʷresnogalai *kʷresnogalās
vocative *kʷresnogalā *kʷresnogalai *kʷresnogalās
accusative *kʷresnogalam *kʷresnogalai *kʷresnogalāns
genitive *kʷresnogalās *kʷresnogalous *kʷresnogalom
dative *kʷresnogalāi *kʷresnogalābom *kʷresnogalābos
locative *kʷresnogalai *? *?
instrumental *? *kʷresnogalābim *kʷresnogalābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *prennɣal
    • Middle Welsh: prennyal, prenial (“spear fight”)
      • Welsh: prenial (“box, coffin”)
  • Middle Irish: cranngal (“timber; something wooden, including spears”)
    • Classical Gaelic: crannghal

References

  • John Koch, editor (2006), “warfare, Proto-Celtic vocabulary”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1750
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