Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koslos

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 *kóslos.

Noun

*koslos m[1]

  1. hazel

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *koslos *koslou *kosloi
vocative *kosle *koslou *kosloi
accusative *koslom *koslou *koslons
genitive *koslī *koslous *koslom
dative *koslūi *koslobom *koslobos
locative *koslei *? *?
instrumental *koslū *koslobim *koslūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *koll
  • Old Irish: coll

Derived terms

  • Proto-Brythonic: *koll-ɣwɨð (literally hazel wood)
    • Old Breton: colguid
      • Middle Breton: queluez
        • Breton: kelwez
    • Old Cornish: colwiden

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koslo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 218