Unknown. Pokorny offers a connection to Latvian kails (“bare”), but Delamarre and Matasović identify this comparison as semantically dubious.[1][2]
*koilos
O/ā-stem | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *koilos | *koilou | *koiloi |
vocative | *koile | *koilou | *koiloi |
accusative | *koilom | *koilou | *koiloms |
genitive | *koilī | *koilous | *koilom |
dative | *koilūi | *koilobom | *koilobos |
instrumental | *koilū | *koilobim | *koilobis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *koilā | *koilai | *koilās |
vocative | *koilā | *koilai | *koilās |
accusative | *koilam | *koilai | *koilams |
genitive | *koilās | *koilous | *koilom |
dative | *koilai | *koilābom | *koilābos |
instrumental | *? | *koilābim | *koilābis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *koilom | *koilou | *koilā |
vocative | *koilom | *koilou | *koilā |
accusative | *koilom | *koilou | *koilā |
genitive | *koilī | *koilous | *koilom |
dative | *koilūi | *koilobom | *koilobos |
instrumental | *koilū | *koilobim | *koilobis |
Declension of the comparative | |||
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masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *koilyūs | *? | *koilyoses |
vocative | *koilyūs | *? | *koilyoses |
accusative | *koilyosam | *? | *koilyosams |
genitive | *koilisos | *? | *koilisom |
dative | *koilisei | *? | *koilisbos |
instrumental | *koilisī | *? | *koilisbis |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *koilyūs | *? | *koilyoses |
vocative | *koilyūs | *? | *koilyoses |
accusative | *koilyosam | *? | *koilyosams |
genitive | *koilisos | *? | *koilisom |
dative | *koilisei | *? | *koilisbos |
instrumental | *koilisī | *? | *koilisbis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *koilis | *? | *? |
vocative | *koilis | *? | *? |
accusative | *koilis | *? | *? |
genitive | *koilisos | *? | *koilisom |
dative | *koilisei | *? | *koilisbos |
instrumental | *koilisī | *? | *koilisbis |