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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/korkyos

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. Matasović assumes it may have been borrowed from an unidentifiable substrate language.[1] De Bernardo Stempel alternatively derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(h₁)-.[2]

Noun

*korkyos m[2]

  1. oat

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *korkyos *korkyou *korkyoi
vocative *korkye *korkyou *korkyūs
accusative *korkyom *korkyou *korkyoms
genitive *korkyī *korkyous *korkyom
dative *korkyūi *korkyobom *korkyobos
locative *korkyei *? *?
instrumental *korkyū *korkyobim *korkyūis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *körx
    • Middle Breton: kerch
      • Breton: kerc'h
    • Old Cornish: keirch
      • Cornish: kergh
    • Middle Welsh: ceirch, keirch, keyrc
  • Middle Irish: corca

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*korkkyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 216
  2. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244
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