Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gulbīnos

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

Some apparent extension of *gulb-, of unknown (possibly substrate) origin.[1]

Noun

*gulbīnos m[2]

  1. beak

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gulbīnos *gulbīnou *gulbīnoi
vocative *gulbīne *gulbīnou *gulbīnoi
accusative *gulbīnom *gulbīnou *gulbīnons
genitive *gulbīnī *gulbīnous *gulbīnom
dative *gulbīnūi *gulbīnobom *gulbīnobos
locative *gulbīnei *? *?
instrumental *gulbīnū *gulbīnobim *gulbīnūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gülβin
    • ⇒ Old Breton: golbinoc
      • Breton: (standard spelling) Gelveneg, (non-standard forms) Gilvenek, Guilvinek, Guilvinec, Gilvineg
    • Old Cornish: geluin
      • Cornish: gelvin
    • Old Welsh: gilbin
  • Old Irish: gulban

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gulbV-, *gulbīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 168–169
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “gulbion”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 184
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