Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/komrūnos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Adjective formed from *kom- (“together”) + *rūnā (“secret”).[1]
Adjective
*komrūnos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komrūnos | *komrūnou | *komrūnoi |
| vocative | *komrūne | *komrūnou | *komrūnoi |
| accusative | *komrūnom | *komrūnou | *komrūnons |
| genitive | *komrūnī | *komrūnous | *komrūnom |
| dative | *komrūnūi | *komrūnobom | *komrūnobos |
| instrumental | *komrūnū | *komrūnobim | *komrūnobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komrūnā | *komrūnai | *komrūnās |
| vocative | *komrūnā | *komrūnai | *komrūnās |
| accusative | *komrūnam | *komrūnai | *komrūnans |
| genitive | *komrūnās | *komrūnous | *komrūnom |
| dative | *komrūnai | *komrūnābom | *komrūnābos |
| instrumental | *? | *komrūnābim | *komrūnābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komrūnom | *komrūnou | *komrūnā |
| vocative | *komrūnom | *komrūnou | *komrūnā |
| accusative | *komrūnom | *komrūnou | *komrūnā |
| genitive | *komrūnī | *komrūnous | *komrūnom |
| dative | *komrūnūi | *komrūnobom | *komrūnobos |
| instrumental | *komrūnū | *komrūnobim | *komrūnobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komrūnyūs | *? | *komrūnyoses |
| vocative | *komrūnyūs | *? | *komrūnyoses |
| accusative | *komrūnyosam | *? | *komrūnyosans |
| genitive | *komrūnisos | *? | *komrūnisom |
| dative | *komrūnisei | *? | *komrūnisbos |
| instrumental | *komrūnisī | *? | *komrūnisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komrūnyūs | *? | *komrūnyoses |
| vocative | *komrūnyūs | *? | *komrūnyoses |
| accusative | *komrūnyosam | *? | *komrūnyosans |
| genitive | *komrūnisos | *? | *komrūnisom |
| dative | *komrūnisei | *? | *komrūnisbos |
| instrumental | *komrūnisī | *? | *komrūnisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *komrūnis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *komrūnis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *komrūnis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *komrūnisos | *? | *komrūnisom |
| dative | *komrūnisei | *? | *komrūnisbos |
| instrumental | *komrūnisī | *? | *komrūnisbis |
Reconstruction notes
The frequently cited early Irish *comrún does not exist and would not be the regular outcome of *komrūnos anyhow (that would be comrann, which does exist but is unrelated).
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *köβ̃rin
- Gaulish: *cobrūnos
- → Latin: Cobrūnus, Cobrūna, Courūnus
- →⇒ Latin: Cobronia
References
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “comrunos, cobrunos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 123