Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krīnos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Often connected to a root *kreh₁(y)- (“to sift”),[1][2] but the alternative reconstruction of that root as *krey- is incompatible with this word due to there being no way to get long *ī from that.
Adjective
*krīnos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krīnos | *krīnou | *krīnoi |
| vocative | *krīne | *krīnou | *krīnoi |
| accusative | *krīnom | *krīnou | *krīnons |
| genitive | *krīnī | *krīnous | *krīnom |
| dative | *krīnūi | *krīnobom | *krīnobos |
| instrumental | *krīnū | *krīnobim | *krīnobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krīnā | *krīnai | *krīnās |
| vocative | *krīnā | *krīnai | *krīnās |
| accusative | *krīnam | *krīnai | *krīnans |
| genitive | *krīnās | *krīnous | *krīnom |
| dative | *krīnai | *krīnābom | *krīnābos |
| instrumental | *? | *krīnābim | *krīnābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krīnom | *krīnou | *krīnā |
| vocative | *krīnom | *krīnou | *krīnā |
| accusative | *krīnom | *krīnou | *krīnā |
| genitive | *krīnī | *krīnous | *krīnom |
| dative | *krīnūi | *krīnobom | *krīnobos |
| instrumental | *krīnū | *krīnobim | *krīnobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krīnyūs | *? | *krīnyoses |
| vocative | *krīnyūs | *? | *krīnyoses |
| accusative | *krīnyosam | *? | *krīnyosans |
| genitive | *krīnisos | *? | *krīnisom |
| dative | *krīnisei | *? | *krīnisbos |
| instrumental | *krīnisī | *? | *krīnisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krīnyūs | *? | *krīnyoses |
| vocative | *krīnyūs | *? | *krīnyoses |
| accusative | *krīnyosam | *? | *krīnyosans |
| genitive | *krīnisos | *? | *krīnisom |
| dative | *krīnisei | *? | *krīnisbos |
| instrumental | *krīnisī | *? | *krīnisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krīnis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *krīnis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *krīnis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *krīnisos | *? | *krīnisom |
| dative | *krīnisei | *? | *krīnisbos |
| instrumental | *krīnisī | *? | *krīnisbis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *krin
- Old Irish: crín
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krīno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 125-126