Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kassos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Uncertain, as Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb”) would yield an expected *ksto; perhaps through an intermediary *kasto-.
Adjective
*kassos[1]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kassos | *kassou | *kassoi |
| vocative | *kasse | *kassou | *kassoi |
| accusative | *kassom | *kassou | *kassons |
| genitive | *kassī | *kassous | *kassom |
| dative | *kassūi | *kassobom | *kassobos |
| instrumental | *kassū | *kassobim | *kassobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kassā | *kassai | *kassās |
| vocative | *kassā | *kassai | *kassās |
| accusative | *kassam | *kassai | *kassans |
| genitive | *kassās | *kassous | *kassom |
| dative | *kassai | *kassābom | *kassābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kassābim | *kassābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kassom | *kassou | *kassā |
| vocative | *kassom | *kassou | *kassā |
| accusative | *kassom | *kassou | *kassā |
| genitive | *kassī | *kassous | *kassom |
| dative | *kassūi | *kassobom | *kassobos |
| instrumental | *kassū | *kassobim | *kassobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kassyūs | *? | *kassyoses |
| vocative | *kassyūs | *? | *kassyoses |
| accusative | *kassyosam | *? | *kassyosans |
| genitive | *kassisos | *? | *kassisom |
| dative | *kassisei | *? | *kassisbos |
| instrumental | *kassisī | *? | *kassisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kassyūs | *? | *kassyoses |
| vocative | *kassyūs | *? | *kassyoses |
| accusative | *kassyosam | *? | *kassyosans |
| genitive | *kassisos | *? | *kassisom |
| dative | *kassisei | *? | *kassisbos |
| instrumental | *kassisī | *? | *kassisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kassis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *kassis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *kassis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *kassisos | *? | *kassisom |
| dative | *kassisei | *? | *kassisbos |
| instrumental | *kassisī | *? | *kassisbis |
Related terms
- *kassis
- Gaulish: *kassis (“curly, curly hair”)
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Baiocassīs
- → Latin: Baiocasses
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Baiocassīs
- Gaulish: *kassis (“curly, curly hair”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kasso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 194