Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kottos

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

Unknown, leading to Henry, Delamarre, Matasović etc. to contemplate non-Indo-European substrate origin.^[1]^[2]

Adjective

*kottos

old
Synonym: *senos

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kottos	*kottou	*kottoi
vocative	*kotte	*kottou	*kottoi
accusative	*kottom	*kottou	*kottons
genitive	*kottī	*kottous	*kottom
dative	*kottūi	*kottobom	*kottobos
instrumental	*kottū	*kottobim	*kottobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kottā	*kottai	*kottās
vocative	*kottā	*kottai	*kottās
accusative	*kottam	*kottai	*kottans
genitive	*kottās	*kottous	*kottom
dative	*kottai	*kottābom	*kottābos
instrumental	*?	*kottābim	*kottābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kottom	*kottou	*kottā
vocative	*kottom	*kottou	*kottā
accusative	*kottom	*kottou	*kottā
genitive	*kottī	*kottous	*kottom
dative	*kottūi	*kottobom	*kottobos
instrumental	*kottū	*kottobim	*kottobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kottyūs	*?	*kottyoses
vocative	*kottyūs	*?	*kottyoses
accusative	*kottyosam	*?	*kottyosans
genitive	*kottisos	*?	*kottisom
dative	*kottisei	*?	*kottisbos
instrumental	*kottisī	*?	*kottisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kottyūs	*?	*kottyoses
vocative	*kottyūs	*?	*kottyoses
accusative	*kottyosam	*?	*kottyosans
genitive	*kottisos	*?	*kottisom
dative	*kottisei	*?	*kottisbos
instrumental	*kottisī	*?	*kottisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kottis	*?	*?
vocative	*kottis	*?	*?
accusative	*kottis	*?	*?
genitive	*kottisos	*?	*kottisom
dative	*kottisei	*?	*kottisbos
instrumental	*kottisī	*?	*kottisbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *koθ
- Old Breton: coth
  - Middle Breton: coz
    - Breton: kozh
- Old Cornish: coth
  - Middle Cornish: coth
    - Cornish: koth
Gaulish: *cottos
- ⇒ Gaulish: 𐌄𐌔𐌀𐌍𐌄𐌊𐌏𐌕𐌉 (esanekoti, gen. sg.)
- → Latin: Cottus, Cotta
- →⇒ Latin: Cottius, Cotthius
- →⇒ Latin: Cottilus, Cottula
- → Spanish: cueto

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kotto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cottos”, 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 127

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kotto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 219

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “cottos”, 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 127

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