Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koldom

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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 *kelh₂- (to break) +‎ *-som, *-nom, or *-dom. Maybe cognate with Proto-Germanic *haltaz (limping).

Noun

*koldom n

  1. destruction

Declension

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *koldom *koldou *koldā
vocative *koldom *koldou *koldā
accusative *koldom *koldou *koldā
genitive *koldī *koldous *koldom
dative *koldūi *koldobom *koldobos
locative *koldei *? *?
instrumental *koldū *koldobim *koldūis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *koll
    • Middle Breton: coll (loss)
      • Breton: koll (loss)
    • Old Cornish: colled (loss)
    • Middle Welsh: coll m (loss), coll (lost, adjective)
      • Welsh: coll m (loss), coll (lost, adjective)
  • Goidelic:
    • Old Irish: coll n (destruction)

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 245, 249
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koldo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language