Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/balkos
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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 *bʰel- (“to swell”). Cognate Proto-Germanic *balþaz.
Adjective
*balkos[1]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *balkos | *balkou | *balkoi |
| vocative | *balke | *balkou | *balkoi |
| accusative | *balkom | *balkou | *balkons |
| genitive | *balkī | *balkous | *balkom |
| dative | *balkūi | *balkobom | *balkobos |
| instrumental | *balkū | *balkobim | *balkobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *balkā | *balkai | *balkās |
| vocative | *balkā | *balkai | *balkās |
| accusative | *balkam | *balkai | *balkans |
| genitive | *balkās | *balkous | *balkom |
| dative | *balkai | *balkābom | *balkābos |
| instrumental | *? | *balkābim | *balkābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *balkom | *balkou | *balkā |
| vocative | *balkom | *balkou | *balkā |
| accusative | *balkom | *balkou | *balkā |
| genitive | *balkī | *balkous | *balkom |
| dative | *balkūi | *balkobom | *balkobos |
| instrumental | *balkū | *balkobim | *balkobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *balkyūs | *? | *balkyoses |
| vocative | *balkyūs | *? | *balkyoses |
| accusative | *balkyosam | *? | *balkyosans |
| genitive | *balkisos | *? | *balkisom |
| dative | *balkisei | *? | *balkisbos |
| instrumental | *balkisī | *? | *balkisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *balkyūs | *? | *balkyoses |
| vocative | *balkyūs | *? | *balkyoses |
| accusative | *balkyosam | *? | *balkyosans |
| genitive | *balkisos | *? | *balkisom |
| dative | *balkisei | *? | *balkisbos |
| instrumental | *balkisī | *? | *balkisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *balkis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *balkis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *balkis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *balkisos | *? | *balkisom |
| dative | *balkisei | *? | *balkisbos |
| instrumental | *balkisī | *? | *balkisbis |
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*balko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 53