Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolgā

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

Matasović tries to derive this from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-, but he has no idea what velar suffix could be used to derive the Celtic forms from that root.[1]

Noun

*kolgā f

  1. a stabbing weapon, like a dagger

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kolgā *kolgai *kolgās
vocative *kolgā *kolgai *kolgās
accusative *kolgam *kolgai *kolgāns
genitive *kolgās *kolgous *kolgom
dative *kolgāi *kolgābom *kolgābos
locative *kolgai *? *?
instrumental *? *kolgābim *kolgābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kolɣ
    • Cornish: col (“awn”), kolgh (“spike”)
    • Middle Welsh: col, coly
  • Middle Irish: colg, calg

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kolgā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 212-213
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