Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kaɸukos

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

Given the existence of the nigh-synonymous and similarly-shaped Old Irish cuäd (“drinking vessel”) (<*kaɸutos), relations to Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”) and Latin caput (“head”) become attractive; this would derive it from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), with stem-final -d/t- and -k- representing attempts to render a glottal stop in a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*kaɸukos m

  1. cup
  2. bowl, vessel

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kaɸukos *kaɸukou *kaɸukoi
vocative *kaɸuke *kaɸukou *kaɸukoi
accusative *kaɸukom *kaɸukou *kaɸukons
genitive *kaɸukī *kaɸukous *kaɸukom
dative *kaɸukūi *kaɸukobom *kaɸukobos
locative *kaɸukei *? *?
instrumental *kaɸukū *kaɸukobim *kaɸukūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kọg
    • Middle Welsh: kawc
  • Old Irish: cuäch

References

  1. ^ Stifter, David (7 October 2024) “Prehistoric layers of loanwords in Old Irish”, in Guus Kroonen, editor, Sub-Indo-European Europe, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 157–202
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