Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kumbā

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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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kumbʰos, *kumbʰéh₂, either from Proto-Indo-European *kew- (“bend”) or borrowing a from non-Indo-European substrate. Proposed cognates include Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vat; valley”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “basin, bowl”), Proto-Albanian *tˢumba (compare Albanian sumbull (“round button, knob”)), Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰas (“pot”) (compare Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha)).

Noun

*kumbā f

  1. valley

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kumbā *kumbai *kumbās
vocative *kumbā *kumbai *kumbās
accusative *kumbam *kumbai *kumbāms
genitive *kumbās *kumbous *kumbom
dative *kumbāi *kumbābom *kumbābos
locative *kumbai *? *?
instrumental *? *kumbābim *kumbābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *komm
  • Gaulish: *kumba
    • → Middle Latin: cumba, comba (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 239
  3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (1999) “The PIE root structure *Te(R)Dʰ-¹)”, in Historische Sprachforschung‎, page 11
  4. ^ De Decker, Filip (2013) “Another attempt at a chronology for Grassmann’s Law in Greek”, in Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München‎
  5. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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