Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krīnos

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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

Often connected to a root *kreh₁(y)- (“to sift”),[1][2] but the alternative reconstruction of that root as *krey- is incompatible with this word due to there being no way to get long *ī from that.

Adjective

*krīnos

  1. withered, decayed, decrepit
    Synonym: *wiwos

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *krīnos *krīnou *krīnoi
vocative *krīne *krīnou *krīnoi
accusative *krīnom *krīnou *krīnoms
genitive *krīnī *krīnous *krīnom
dative *krīnūi *krīnobom *krīnobos
instrumental *krīnū *krīnobim *krīnobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *krīnā *krīnai *krīnās
vocative *krīnā *krīnai *krīnās
accusative *krīnam *krīnai *krīnams
genitive *krīnās *krīnous *krīnom
dative *krīnai *krīnābom *krīnābos
instrumental *? *krīnābim *krīnābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *krīnom *krīnou *krīnā
vocative *krīnom *krīnou *krīnā
accusative *krīnom *krīnou *krīnā
genitive *krīnī *krīnous *krīnom
dative *krīnūi *krīnobom *krīnobos
instrumental *krīnū *krīnobim *krīnobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *krīnyūs *? *krīnyoses
vocative *krīnyūs *? *krīnyoses
accusative *krīnyosam *? *krīnyosams
genitive *krīnisos *? *krīnisom
dative *krīnisei *? *krīnisbos
instrumental *krīnisī *? *krīnisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *krīnyūs *? *krīnyoses
vocative *krīnyūs *? *krīnyoses
accusative *krīnyosam *? *krīnyosams
genitive *krīnisos *? *krīnisom
dative *krīnisei *? *krīnisbos
instrumental *krīnisī *? *krīnisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *krīnis *? *?
vocative *krīnis *? *?
accusative *krīnis *? *?
genitive *krīnisos *? *krīnisom
dative *krīnisei *? *krīnisbos
instrumental *krīnisī *? *krīnisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *krin
  • Old Irish: crín

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 125-126
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