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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ketorā

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

Unknown.[1]

Noun

*ketorā f[2]

  1. pubic hair

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ketorā *ketorai *ketorās
vocative *ketorā *ketorai *ketorās
accusative *ketoram *ketorai *ketorāms
genitive *ketorās *ketorous *ketorom
dative *ketorāi *ketorābom *ketorābos
locative *ketorai *? *?
instrumental *? *ketorābim *ketorābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kedor
    • Middle Breton: quaezour
    • Cornish: kedhor
    • Old Welsh: caitoir
  • Middle Irish: caither

References
  1. Falileyev, Alexander (2000), “caitoir”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 20
  2. Koch, John (2004), “*ketorā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 269
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