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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Uncertain. Maybe a derivative of the nasal present Proto-Indo-European *kl̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *kl̥-n-h₂-énti (“to beat”) of Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-. Other suggestions include from *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), whence Proto-Germanic *skiljaną (“to cut”), or from *kel- (“to drive”), whence Latin callis (“path”).
Noun
*kallī f
- grove, forest
Declension
| Feminine ī/yā-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*kallī
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*kallī
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*kallyās
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| vocative
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*kallī
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*kallī
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*kallyās
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| accusative
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*kallīm
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*kallī
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*kallīms
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| genitive
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*kallyās
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*kallyous
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*kallyom
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| dative
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*kallyai
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*kallyābom
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*kallyābos
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| locative
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*?
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*kallyābim
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*kallyābis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182f.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2675, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “celli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Proto-Celtic/kallī”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page caill
