Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/onkos
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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
If Matasović is right in relating this to *annketi (“to reach”), this would be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-,[1] albeit with the vowel in the wrong spot (analogical to the verb?).
Noun
*onkos m
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *onkos | *onkou | *onkoi |
| vocative | *onke | *onkou | *onkoi |
| accusative | *onkom | *onkou | *onkoms |
| genitive | *onkī | *onkous | *onkom |
| dative | *onkūi | *onkobom | *onkobos |
| locative | *onkei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *onkū | *onkobim | *onkūis |
Related terms
- *onkīti (causative verb)
- Proto-Brythonic: *önkid
- Middle Welsh: yngu (“to come near”)
- Proto-Brythonic: *önkid
Descendants
All descendants have been grammaticalized as prepositions.
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*onko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 299