Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/keinos

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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

No etymology given by Delamarre.

The usual derivation takes this as derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (to rest),[1][2] but this requires a metathesis in its currently reconstructed form, and this reconstruction cannot accommodate the Gaulish words.

Adjective

*keinos[3]

  1. long (of time)

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *keinos *keinou *keinoi
vocative *keine *keinou *keinoi
accusative *keinom *keinou *keinoms
genitive *keinī *keinous *keinom
dative *keinūi *keinobom *keinobos
instrumental *keinū *keinobim *keinobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *keinā *keinai *keinās
vocative *keinā *keinai *keinās
accusative *keinam *keinai *keinams
genitive *keinās *keinous *keinom
dative *keinai *keinābom *keinābos
instrumental *? *keinābim *keinābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *keinom *keinou *keinā
vocative *keinom *keinou *keinā
accusative *keinom *keinou *keinā
genitive *keinī *keinous *keinom
dative *keinūi *keinobom *keinobos
instrumental *keinū *keinobim *keinobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *keinyūs *? *keinyoses
vocative *keinyūs *? *keinyoses
accusative *keinyosam *? *keinyosams
genitive *keinisos *? *keinisom
dative *keinisei *? *keinisbos
instrumental *keinisī *? *keinisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *keinyūs *? *keinyoses
vocative *keinyūs *? *keinyoses
accusative *keinyosam *? *keinyosams
genitive *keinisos *? *keinisom
dative *keinisei *? *keinisbos
instrumental *keinisī *? *keinisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *keinis *? *?
vocative *keinis *? *?
accusative *keinis *? *?
genitive *keinisos *? *keinisom
dative *keinisei *? *keinisbos
instrumental *keinisī *? *keinisbis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Lucht, Martina (2007) Der Grundwortschatz des Altirischen (in German), Bonn: Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, page 242
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷēno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 177-178
  3. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ceno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 114