Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kennos

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

May be related to Proto-Germanic *skinþą (“skin, peel”).[1]

Noun

*kennos m

  1. skin
    Synonyms: *krokkenom, *knissos

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kennos *kennou *kennoi
vocative *kenne *kennou *kennoi
accusative *kennom *kennou *kennons
genitive *kennī *kennous *kennom
dative *kennūi *kennobom *kennobos
locative *kennei *? *?
instrumental *kennū *kennobim *kennūis

Reconstruction notes

The feminine gender in Old Irish is secondary, to better distinguish the word from the reflex of *kʷennom, which had become homophones with it.[2]

Derived terms

  • *Kunokennos (given name)
    • ⇒? Primitive Irish: ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cunacenni)
    • Old Welsh: Concenn
      • Middle Welsh: Kyngen
        • Welsh: Cyngen

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kenn
    • Old Breton: cennen
    • Old Welsh: ceenn (“Murex snail dye”)
      • Middle Welsh: kenn, [Term?] (“skin, animal scale”)
  • Old Irish: cenn f (“covering”), cenne m

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kenno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
  2. ^ Greene, David (1975) “Varia III”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 26, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 175–181
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