Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komkatus

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 *kom- (together) +‎ *katus (battle)

Noun

*komkatus m[1]

  1. conflict, war
  2. battle

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *komkatus *komkatū *komkatowes
vocative *komkatu *komkatū *komkatūs
accusative *komkatum *komkatū *komkatuns
genitive *komkatous *komkatous *komkatowom
dative *komkatou *komkatubom *komkatubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *komkatū *komkatubim *komkatubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kungad
    • Middle Welsh: kyngad, kynkad, kyghad
  • Old Irish: cocad

References

  1. ^ John Koch, editor (2006), “warfare, Proto-Celtic vocabulary”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1749