Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tuknā

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 derives this from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- (“swelling”),[1] whence also Proto-Germanic *þeuhą (“thigh”) and Lithuanian taukai (“fat”).

Noun

*tuknā f

  1. buttocks

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tuknā *tuknai *tuknās
vocative *tuknā *tuknai *tuknās
accusative *tuknam *tuknai *tuknāns
genitive *tuknās *tuknous *tuknom
dative *tuknāi *tuknābom *tuknābos
locative *tuknai *? *?
instrumental *? *tuknābim *tuknābis

Reconstruction notes

  • Zair points out that there is no regular sound change sequence that yields both Irish tón and Welsh tin simultaneously; from *tuknā one would expect Welsh **twyn, since Brittonic regularly vocalized velars before *n.[2]

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tin
    • Middle Cornish: tyn
    • Middle Welsh: tin
  • Old Irish: tón

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 155
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