Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷennoreigom

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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 *kʷennom (head) +‎ *-reigom (binding).

Noun

*kʷennoreigom n

  1. something that binds either a head or a fixture that can be likened to a head

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷennoreigom *kʷennoreigou *kʷennoreigā
vocative *kʷennoreigom *kʷennoreigou *kʷennoreigā
accusative *kʷennoreigom *kʷennoreigou *kʷennoreigā
genitive *kʷennoreigī *kʷennoreigous *kʷennoreigom
dative *kʷennoreigūi *kʷennoreigobom *kʷennoreigobos
locative *kʷennoreigei *? *?
instrumental *kʷennoreigū *kʷennoreigobim *kʷennoreigūis

Reconstruction notes

The Irish and Middle Welsh words were linked together by Schrijver.[1]

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *pennruɨɣ
  • Middle Irish: cendrach

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 314