Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kakkā

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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 *kakka- (to shit, defecate)

Noun

*kakkā m[1]

  1. shit, excrement

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kakkā *kakkai *kakkās
vocative *kakkā *kakkai *kakkās
accusative *kakkam *kakkai *kakkāms
genitive *kakkās *kakkous *kakkom
dative *kakkāi *kakkābom *kakkābos
locative *kakkai *? *?
instrumental *? *kakkābim *kakkābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kax
    • Middle Breton: cauch
    • Cornish: caugh
    • Welsh: cach
  • Old Irish: cacc

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kakka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 184