Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klāwos

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 Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-os, from *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”).[1]

Noun

*klāwos m

  1. bolt

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *klāwos *klāwou *klāwoi
vocative *klāwe *klāwou *klāwoi
accusative *klāwom *klāwou *klāwons
genitive *klāwī *klāwous *klāwom
dative *klāwūi *klāwobom *klāwobos
locative *klāwei *? *?
instrumental *klāwū *klāwobim *klāwūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *klọw
    • Old Breton: clou
    • Middle Welsh: clo
  • Old Irish: cló, cloë

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
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