Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷennoreigom

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 *kʷennom (“head”) +‎ *-reigom (“binding”).

Noun

*kʷennoreigom n

  1. something that binds either a head or a fixture that can be likened to a head

Reconstruction notes

The Irish and Middle Welsh words were linked together by Schrijver.[1]

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷennoreigom *kʷennoreigou *kʷennoreigā
vocative *kʷennoreigom *kʷennoreigou *kʷennoreigā
accusative *kʷennoreigom *kʷennoreigou *kʷennoreigā
genitive *kʷennoreigī *kʷennoreigous *kʷennoreigom
dative *kʷennoreigūi *kʷennoreigobom *kʷennoreigobos
locative *kʷennoreigei *? *?
instrumental *kʷennoreigū *kʷennoreigobim *kʷennoreigūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *pennruɨɣ
    • Middle Welsh: penrwy
      • Welsh: penrhe, penre
  • Middle Irish: cendrach
    • Classical Gaelic: ceannrach

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 314.
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