Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kamulos

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, get tired”), a root also appearing in Middle Irish cuma (“trouble”) and Ancient Greek κάμνω (kámnō, “to toil, get tired”).[1]

Noun

*kamulos f[2]

  1. male servant
  2. champion

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kamulos *kamulou *kamuloi
vocative *kamule *kamulou *kamuloi
accusative *kamulom *kamulou *kamulons
genitive *kamulī *kamulous *kamulom
dative *kamulūi *kamulobom *kamulobos
locative *kamulei *? *?
instrumental *kamulū *kamulobim *kamulūis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cumall (“champion”)
  • Gaulish: *camulos
    • ⇒ Gaulish: Andecamulos
    • ⇒ Gaulish: Camuledu
    • → Latin: Camulus, Camalus
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulorix
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulaeus
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulatus
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulata
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulinus
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulixus
    • →⇒ Latin: Camuloriga
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulogenus
    • →⇒ Latin: Camulognata
    • →⇒ Latin: Camolia
      • French: Chamouille

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 632
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 9
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