cóennae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • cóenna
  • cáenna

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Celtic *kowinos, a vṛddhi-derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoinom (“mud, dirt”) (whence Latin caenum). Cognate with Breton kevni and Corsican kewny.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːi̯n͈e/, [ˈkoːi̯n͈ɘ]

Noun

cóennae (gender unknown, genitive unattested, no plural)

  1. moss

Derived terms

  • cáennach (“mossy”)
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: *cáennach (“moss”)
      • Irish: caonach
      • Scottish Gaelic: còinneach
      • Manx: keynnagh

Mutation

Mutation of cóennae
radical lenition nasalization
cóennae chóennae cóennae
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ David Stifter (2020) “Old Irish etymology through the ages”, in Language & History‎[1], volume 63, →DOI, Excursus 3: OIr. cóennae* ‘moss’, pages 24-46

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáenna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, retrieved 8 August 2024
  • Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “cáenna”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-7
  • Matasović, Ranko (December 2011) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎[2], Zagreb, page 23
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