Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koimos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”) (compare English home and Lithuanian káimas (“village, countryside”)), from *ḱey-.
Adjective
*koimos
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimos | *koimou | *koimoi |
| vocative | *koime | *koimou | *koimoi |
| accusative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimons |
| genitive | *koimī | *koimous | *koimom |
| dative | *koimūi | *koimobom | *koimobos |
| instrumental | *koimū | *koimobim | *koimobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimā | *koimai | *koimās |
| vocative | *koimā | *koimai | *koimās |
| accusative | *koimam | *koimai | *koimans |
| genitive | *koimās | *koimous | *koimom |
| dative | *koimai | *koimābom | *koimābos |
| instrumental | *? | *koimābim | *koimābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimā |
| vocative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimā |
| accusative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimā |
| genitive | *koimī | *koimous | *koimom |
| dative | *koimūi | *koimobom | *koimobos |
| instrumental | *koimū | *koimobim | *koimobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimyūs | *? | *koimyoses |
| vocative | *koimyūs | *? | *koimyoses |
| accusative | *koimyosam | *? | *koimyosans |
| genitive | *koimisos | *? | *koimisom |
| dative | *koimisei | *? | *koimisbos |
| instrumental | *koimisī | *? | *koimisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimyūs | *? | *koimyoses |
| vocative | *koimyūs | *? | *koimyoses |
| accusative | *koimyosam | *? | *koimyosans |
| genitive | *koimisos | *? | *koimisom |
| dative | *koimisei | *? | *koimisbos |
| instrumental | *koimisī | *? | *koimisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *koimis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *koimis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *koimisos | *? | *koimisom |
| dative | *koimisei | *? | *koimisbos |
| instrumental | *koimisī | *? | *koimisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *kʉβ̃
- Old Irish: cóem
- Gaulish: Coemo
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220