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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kallī

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. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (Proto-Germanic *hultą, Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos))[1][2], but Matasovic rejects this, since the expected Proto-Celtic form would be *klido-.

Possibly from *(s)kelH- (“to cut”)[3], which Matasovic does not rule out, where the expected development would be *klHyo- > *kalyo- > *kallo-, of which *kallī would be a secondary formation. If so, related to Proto-Germanic *skiljaną.

GPC also compares Latin callis (“path”).[2]

Noun

*kallī f

  1. grove, forest

Declension
Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kallī *kallī *kallyās
vocative *kallī *kallī *kallyās
accusative *kallīm *kallī *kallīms
genitive *kallyās *kallyous *kallyom
dative *kallyai *kallyābom *kallyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *kallyābim *kallyābis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: caill
  • Old Breton: celli, cilli
  • Old Cornish: kelli
  • Middle Welsh: celli

References
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “celli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Celtic/kallī”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page caill
  2. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “celli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2675
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