Conall

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Conall, from Proto-Celtic *Kunowalos, from *kū (“dog, hound”) + *walos (“prince, chief”).[1]

Proper noun

Conall m (genitive Chonaill)

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Conall Chonall gConall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*walo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Kunowalos, from *kū (“dog, hound”) + *walos (“prince, chief”). Kun- is the oblique stem of *kū.[1]

Proper noun

Conall m (genitive Conaill)

  1. a male given name
    • Chronicon Scotorum, annal 637.2
      Cath Saeltire ria Conall Cael mac Maelcoba for Cinel nEogain in eodem die.
      Battle of Saeltire before Conall the slender, son of Maelcoba, over the people of Eogan, on the same day.
    • Annals of the Four Masters, annal 718.1
      Conall Menn, toisech Ceneoil Coirpre
      Conall the Stammerer, lord of the People of Cairbre

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Conall Chonall Conall
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*walo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402
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