Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komnertos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *kom- (“with”) + *nertom (“strength, power”).[1]
Adjective
*komnertos
- very strong
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komnertos | *komnertou | *komnertoi |
| vocative | *komnerte | *komnertou | *komnertoi |
| accusative | *komnertom | *komnertou | *komnertons |
| genitive | *komnertī | *komnertous | *komnertom |
| dative | *komnertūi | *komnertobom | *komnertobos |
| instrumental | *komnertū | *komnertobim | *komnertobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komnertā | *komnertai | *komnertās |
| vocative | *komnertā | *komnertai | *komnertās |
| accusative | *komnertam | *komnertai | *komnertans |
| genitive | *komnertās | *komnertous | *komnertom |
| dative | *komnertai | *komnertābom | *komnertābos |
| instrumental | *? | *komnertābim | *komnertābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komnertom | *komnertou | *komnertā |
| vocative | *komnertom | *komnertou | *komnertā |
| accusative | *komnertom | *komnertou | *komnertā |
| genitive | *komnertī | *komnertous | *komnertom |
| dative | *komnertūi | *komnertobom | *komnertobos |
| instrumental | *komnertū | *komnertobim | *komnertobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komnertyūs | *? | *komnertyoses |
| vocative | *komnertyūs | *? | *komnertyoses |
| accusative | *komnertyosam | *? | *komnertyosans |
| genitive | *komnertisos | *? | *komnertisom |
| dative | *komnertisei | *? | *komnertisbos |
| instrumental | *komnertisī | *? | *komnertisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komnertyūs | *? | *komnertyoses |
| vocative | *komnertyūs | *? | *komnertyoses |
| accusative | *komnertyosam | *? | *komnertyosans |
| genitive | *komnertisos | *? | *komnertisom |
| dative | *komnertisei | *? | *komnertisbos |
| instrumental | *komnertisī | *? | *komnertisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komnertis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *komnertis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *komnertis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *komnertisos | *? | *komnertisom |
| dative | *komnertisei | *? | *komnertisbos |
| instrumental | *komnertisī | *? | *komnertisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: cyfnerth (“strong; aid”)
- Old Irish: comnart
- Middle Irish: comnart
- Gaulish: *comnertos
- → Latin: Comnertus, Cobnertus, Cobnerta, Cobnertius, Counertus, Cunertus
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “comnertos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 122