Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolmos

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos.

    Noun

    *kolmos m[1]

    1. straw

    Inflection

    Masculine o-stem
    singular dual plural
    nominative *kolmos *kolmou *kolmoi
    vocative *kolme *kolmou *kolmoi
    accusative *kolmom *kolmou *kolmons
    genitive *kolmī *kolmous *kolmom
    dative *kolmūi *kolmobom *kolmobos
    locative *kolmei *? *?
    instrumental *kolmū *kolmobim *kolmūis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Brythonic: *koloβ̃
    • Proto-Celtic: *kolmēnā[1]

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “colmena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 137–139