Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷennom

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.

Noun

*kʷennom n

head

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷennom	*kʷennou	*kʷennā
vocative	*kʷennom	*kʷennou	*kʷennā
accusative	*kʷennom	*kʷennou	*kʷennā
genitive	*kʷennī	*kʷennous	*kʷennom
dative	*kʷennūi	*kʷennobom	*kʷennobos
locative	*kʷennei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kʷennū	*kʷennobim	*kʷennūis

Derived terms

*ɸarekʷennom
*ɸarekʷennīkos
*uɸerkʷennom
*Kunokʷennos
- Gaulish: *Kunopennos
- Primitive Irish: ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cunacenni, gen.)
*Kʷennowindos

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *penn
- Old Breton: penn, pen
  - Middle Breton: penn, pen
    - Breton: penn
- Old Cornish: pen
  - Middle Cornish: pen
    - Cornish: penn, pedn
- Old Welsh: penn
  - Middle Welsh: penn
    - Welsh: pen
- Cumbric: pen
Old Irish: cenn
- Middle Irish: cenn
  - Irish: ceann
  - Manx: kione
  - Scottish Gaelic: ceann
Old Irish: conn
- Middle Irish: conn
  - Irish: conn
  - Scottish Gaelic: conn (“sense, reason”)
Gaulish: pennon

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “all attempts to identify a PIE root have proven futile”

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177: “all attempts to identify a PIE root have proven futile”