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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolanis

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *kolanī (based on the Welsh)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kel(H)-, whence also Proto-Germanic *huldą.[1]

Noun

*kolanis f

  1. body, corpse

Inflection

Old Irish and Welsh disagree on the inflection of this word; Old Irish has an i-stem while Welsh is more indicative of an ī-stem.

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kolanis *kolanī *kolanīs
vocative *kolani *kolanī *kolanīs
accusative *kolanim *kolanī *kolanims
genitive *kolaneis *kolanyow *kolanyom
dative *kolanei *kolanibom *kolanibos
locative *kolanei *? *?
instrumental *kolanī *kolanibim *kolanibis
Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kolanī *kolanī *kolanyās
vocative *kolanī *kolanī *kolanyās
accusative *kolanīm *kolanī *kolanīms
genitive *kolanyās *kolanyous *kolanyom
dative *kolanyai *kolanyābom *kolanyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *kolanyābim *kolanyābis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: colinn
    • Irish: colainn
    • Manx: callin
    • Scottish Gaelic: colann
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kölẹn

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 95
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