Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krundis
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Unknown. Likely borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Bezzenberger derives from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend”), comparing Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, “bent”), κορώνη (korṓnē) and Latin curvus and writing that the semantic extension parallels Latin rotundus (“round”) from rota (“wheel”), but these words themselves are of unclear origin.[1]
Adjective
*krundis
Declension
| I-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krundis | *krundī | *krundīs |
| vocative | *krundi | *krundī | *krundīs |
| accusative | *krundim | *krundī | *krundins |
| genitive | *krundeis | *krundyou | *krundyom |
| dative | *krundei | *krundibom | *krundibos |
| instrumental | *krundī | *krundibim | *krundibis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krundis | *krundī | *krundīs |
| vocative | *krundi | *krundī | *krundīs |
| accusative | *krundim | *krundī | *krundins |
| genitive | *krundeis | *krundyou | *krundyom |
| dative | *krundei | *krundibom | *krundibos |
| instrumental | *krundī | *krundibim | *krundibis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krundi | *krundī | *krundyā |
| vocative | *krundi | *krundī | *krundyā |
| accusative | *krundi | *krundī | *krundyā |
| genitive | *krundois | *krundois | *krundyom |
| dative | *krundē | *krundibom | *krundibos |
| instrumental | *krundī | *krundibim | *krundibis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Bezzenbergers Beiträge, 1877–1906