Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kawyos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *keh₃w-, reconstructed as such by Zair.
Cognacy with Latin cavus is widely agreed upon.[1] Other than that, Zair and Matasović disagree on virtually everything to do with this word.
Adjective
*kawyos[2]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kawyos | *kawyou | *kawyoi |
| vocative | *kawye | *kawyou | *kawyoi |
| accusative | *kawyom | *kawyou | *kawyons |
| genitive | *kawyī | *kawyous | *kawyom |
| dative | *kawyūi | *kawyobom | *kawyobos |
| instrumental | *kawyū | *kawyobim | *kawyobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kawyā | *kawyai | *kawyās |
| vocative | *kawyā | *kawyai | *kawyās |
| accusative | *kawyam | *kawyai | *kawyans |
| genitive | *kawyās | *kawyous | *kawyom |
| dative | *kawyai | *kawyābom | *kawyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kawyābim | *kawyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kawyom | *kawyou | *kawyā |
| vocative | *kawyom | *kawyou | *kawyā |
| accusative | *kawyom | *kawyou | *kawyā |
| genitive | *kawyī | *kawyous | *kawyom |
| dative | *kawyūi | *kawyobom | *kawyobos |
| instrumental | *kawyū | *kawyobim | *kawyobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kawyūs | *? | *kawyoses |
| vocative | *kawyūs | *? | *kawyoses |
| accusative | *kawyosam | *? | *kawyosans |
| genitive | *kawyisos | *? | *kawyisom |
| dative | *kawyisei | *? | *kawyisbos |
| instrumental | *kawyisī | *? | *kawyisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kawyūs | *? | *kawyoses |
| vocative | *kawyūs | *? | *kawyoses |
| accusative | *kawyosam | *? | *kawyosans |
| genitive | *kawyisos | *? | *kawyisom |
| dative | *kawyisei | *? | *kawyisbos |
| instrumental | *kawyisī | *? | *kawyisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kawyis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *kawyis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *kawyis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *kawyisos | *? | *kawyisom |
| dative | *kawyisei | *? | *kawyisbos |
| instrumental | *kawyisī | *? | *kawyisbis |