Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klokeros

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

Matasović derives this from *klukā (“stone”) +‎ *-aros,[1] but this is phonetically impossible as we would expect Welsh **clygyr instead of clegyr (*klukar-yo- > *klokar-yo- does not work since there was no such thing as internal a-affection in Brittonic).

Noun

*klokeros m[2][3]

  1. pile of stones

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *klokeros *klokerou *klokeroi
vocative *klokere *klokerou *klokeroi
accusative *klokerom *klokerou *klokerons
genitive *klokerī *klokerous *klokerom
dative *klokerūi *klokerobom *klokerobos
locative *klokerei *? *?
instrumental *klokerū *klokerobim *klokerūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *klögɨr (< *kloker-yo-)
    • Middle Breton: cleguer
      • Breton: kleger
    • Cornish: clegar, cleger
    • Welsh: clegyr
  • Old Irish: clocher

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 318
  3. ^ Deshayes, Albert (2003) Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN, page 395
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