Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸerkʷennom

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 *uɸer- (“over”) +‎ *kʷennom (“head”).[1]

Noun

*uɸerkʷennom n

  1. end (of a timeframe)
    Synonym: *dīwedom

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *uɸerkʷennom *uɸerkʷennou *uɸerkʷennā
vocative *uɸerkʷennom *uɸerkʷennou *uɸerkʷennā
accusative *uɸerkʷennom *uɸerkʷennou *uɸerkʷennā
genitive *uɸerkʷennī *uɸerkʷennous *uɸerkʷennom
dative *uɸerkʷennūi *uɸerkʷennobom *uɸerkʷennobos
locative *uɸerkʷennei *? *?
instrumental *uɸerkʷennū *uɸerkʷennobim *uɸerkʷennūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gworfenn (unlenited), *warfenn (lenited)
    • Old Breton: gurpenn
      • Middle Breton: gourfenn
    • Cornish: gorfen
    • Old Welsh: guarphenn
  • Old Irish: forcenn, forcan

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufor-kʷenno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
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