Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kornu

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

Shows a great resemblance to Latin cornū (“horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).^[1]

Noun

*kornu n

horn

Inflection

Neuter u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kornu	*kornū	*kornwā
vocative	*kornu	*kornū	*kornwā
accusative	*kornu	*kornū	*kornwā
genitive	*kornous	*kornous	*kornowom
dative	*kornou	*kornubom	*kornubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*kornū	*kornubim	*kornubis

Derived terms

*ast-kornu
- Proto-Brythonic: *askurn (“bone”)
  - Old Breton: *ascurn, ⇒ ascrunol
    - Middle Breton: ascorn
      - Breton: askorn
  - Old Cornish: ascorn
    - Middle Cornish: ascorn
      - Cornish: askorn
  - Middle Welsh: asgwrn, ascurn
    - Welsh: asgwrn
*Kornowī ~ *Kornowyās (“Cornwall”)
- Proto-Brythonic: *Körnɨw (from nominative), *Kornow (from oblique stem)
  - Middle Breton: Querne, Querneau
    - Breton: Kerne, Kernev
  - Middle Cornish: Kernow
    - Cornish: Kernow
  - Middle Welsh: Kernyw
    - Welsh: Cernyw
  - →⇒ Old English: Cornwealas
    - Middle English: Cornwaile
      - English: Cornwall
      - → Old French: Cornouaille
        French: Cornouaille
  - → Medieval Latin: Cornubia
*mīmso-kornu (compound with *mḗms (“flesh”))
- Proto-Brythonic: *migurn
  - Breton: migorn (“cartilage”)
  - Welsh: migwrn (“ankle, knuckle”)
Unsorted formations:
- Welsh: cogwrn
- Middle Welsh: lloscurn, llosgurn
  - Welsh: llosgwrn

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 53-54

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 53-54

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