Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kernā

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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

Matasović relates this to Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (horn).[1]

Noun

*kernā f

  1. corner
  2. angle

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kernā *kernai *kernās
vocative *kernā *kernai *kernās
accusative *kernam *kernai *kernāms
genitive *kernās *kernous *kernom
dative *kernāi *kernābom *kernābos
locative *kernai *? *?
instrumental *? *kernābim *kernābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kern
  • Middle Irish: cern

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kernā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 203