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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kalgā

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 *ḱelh₂- (“to pierce, strike”).

Noun

*kalgā m[1][2][3]

  1. point

Declension
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kalgā *kalgai *kalgās
vocative *kalgā *kalgai *kalgās
accusative *kalgam *kalgai *kalgāms
genitive *kalgās *kalgous *kalgom
dative *kalgāi *kalgābom *kalgābos
locative *kalgai *? *?
instrumental *? *kalgābim *kalgābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kalɣ (“penis”)
  • Old Irish: colg, calg f (later m) (“sword”)
  • Gaulish: *kalgos (“point, sword”)[4]

References
  1. Koch, John (2004) “*kalgā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 249
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page *kolgā of 212-213
  3. Koch, John (2004) “*kolgo-, kalgo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 350
  4. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) 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, pages calgo-–98
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