Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kallī

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

Uncertain. Maybe a derivative of the nasal present Proto-Indo-European *kl̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *kl̥-n-h₂-énti (“to beat”) of Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-,[1] though further details are obscure.[2] Compare Proto-Germanic *hultą (“wood”). Other suggestions include from *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), whence Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to cut”),[3] or from *kel- (“to drive”), whence Latin callis (“path”).[4]

Noun

*kallī f[2]

  1. grove, forest

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kallī *kallī *kalliyās
vocative *kallī *kallī *kalliyās
accusative *kallīm *kallī *kallīns
genitive *kallyās *kallyous *kallyom
dative *kallyai *kallyābom *kallyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *kallyābim *kallyābis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: caill
  • Old Breton: celli, cilli
  • Old Cornish: kelli
  • Middle Welsh: celli

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182f.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kallī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 185
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2675”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
  4. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “celli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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