Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koldom

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

From *kelh₂- (“to break”) +‎ *-som, *-nom, or *-dom.[1] Maybe cognate with Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“limping”).[2]

Noun

*koldom n[2]

  1. destruction

Declension

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *koldom *koldou *koldā
vocative *koldom *koldou *koldā
accusative *koldom *koldou *koldā
genitive *koldī *koldous *koldom
dative *koldūi *koldobom *koldobos
locative *koldei *? *?
instrumental *koldū *koldobim *koldūis

Derived terms

  • *koldīti
    • Proto-Brythonic: *köllid
    • Old Irish: coillid

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *koll
    • Middle Breton: coll (“loss”)
      • Breton: koll (“loss”)
    • Old Cornish: colled (“loss”)
    • Middle Welsh: coll m (“loss”), coll (“lost”, adjective)
      • Welsh: coll m (“loss”), coll (“lost”, adjective)
  • Goidelic:[3]
    • Old Irish: coll n (“destruction”)

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 245, 249
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koldo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 212
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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