Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kounā

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 a collective of a vṛddhi derivative *ḱewnós (“(born) of dogs”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).[1][2] See also *deywós (“god”), whence Proto-Celtic *deiwos, for a similar formation.

Noun

*kounā f

  1. pack of dogs, wolfpack
  2. litter of puppies

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kounā *kounai *kounās
vocative *kounā *kounai *kounās
accusative *kounam *kounai *kounāns
genitive *kounās *kounous *kounom
dative *kounāi *kounābom *kounābos
locative *kounai *? *?
instrumental *? *kounābim *kounābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kʉn
  • Old Irish: cúan (“litter, pack”)
    • Middle Irish: cúan
      • Irish: cuain (“litter, brood”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kownā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
  2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 440
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