Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷantyos

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Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Presumably related to Latin cumulus (hill, heap), Old English hwamm (corner, angle), Old Norse hvammr (vale), but Matasovic finds the origin of these words "very problematic."

Noun

*kʷantyos m[1]

  1. flat hill, valley

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷantyos *kʷantyou *kʷantyoi
vocative *kʷantye *kʷantyou *kʷantyoi
accusative *kʷantyom *kʷantyou *kʷantyoms
genitive *kʷantyī *kʷantyous *kʷantyom
dative *kʷantyūi *kʷantyobom *kʷantyobos
locative *kʷantyei *? *?
instrumental *kʷantyū *kʷantyobim *kʷantyūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: céite

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷantyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 174