Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/klokkos

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

Of imitative origin.[1]

Noun

*klokkos m[1]

  1. bell

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *klokkos *klokkou *klokkoi
vocative *klokke *klokkou *klokkoi
accusative *klokkom *klokkou *klokkons
genitive *klokkī *klokkous *klokkom
dative *klokkūi *klokkobom *klokkobos
locative *klokkei *? *?
instrumental *klokkū *klokkobim *klokkūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *klox
  • Old Irish: cloc (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klokko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 209
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