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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos.
Noun
*ekʷos m
- horse
- Synonyms: *kaballos, *markos, *uɸoreidos
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*ekʷos
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*ekʷou
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*ekʷoi
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| vocative
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*ekʷe
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*ekʷou
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*ekoi
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| accusative
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*ekʷom
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*ekʷou
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*ekons
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| genitive
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*ekʷī
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*ekʷous
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*ekʷom
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| dative
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*ekūi
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*ekʷobom
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*ekʷobos
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| locative
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*ekʷei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*ekū
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*ekʷobim
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*ekʷūis
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *eb
- Old Breton: eb
- Breton: keneb (“mare in foal”), ebeul (“colt, foal”)
- Old Welsh: eb
- Middle Welsh: ep, ebawl (“colt, foal”)
- Welsh: cyfeb (“mare in foal”), ebol (“colt, foal”), ebran (“fodder, stover”)
- Primitive Irish: *ᚓᚊᚐᚄ (*eqas)
- Gaulish: epos
- Celtiberian: ekua-