Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karnom

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

Perhaps related to *karwos (“stag, deer”) and *karno- (“hoof, horn”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”).

Noun

*karnom n[1]

  1. heap of stones, cairn, tomb
  2. horn; antler

Declension

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *karnom *karnou *karnā
vocative *karnom *karnou *karnā
accusative *karnom *karnou *karnā
genitive *karnī *karnous *karnom
dative *karnūi *karnobom *karnobos
locative *karnei *? *?
instrumental *karnū *karnobim *karnūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *karn
    • Old Breton: carn
    • Old Cornish: carn
    • Middle Welsh: carn, carnau, cernydd, cerni
  • Old Irish: carn
  • Gaulish: karnon (“horn”)
    • ⇒ Gaulish: 𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌍𐌉𐌕𐌖 (karnitu, 3sg. pret. of a denominative verb), Carnuntum, karnuātus (“horned”)
    • → Ancient Greek: κάρνον (kárnon, “Gallic horn”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*karno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191
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