Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kulēnos

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

Probably borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language; however, compare *kū (“dog”) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. .

Noun

*kulēnos m

puppy

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kulēnos	*kulēnou	*kulēnoi
vocative	*kulēne	*kulēnou	*kulēnūs
accusative	*kulēnom	*kulēnou	*kulēnoms
genitive	*kulēnī	*kulēnous	*kulēnom
dative	*kulēnūi	*kulēnobom	*kulēnobos
locative	*kulēnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kulēnū	*kulēnobim	*kulēnūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *koluɨn
- Breton: kolen
- Old Cornish: coloin
  - Cornish: kolen
- Welsh: colwyn
Old Irish: cuilén
- Irish: coileán
  - Irish: Coilean
    - English: Colin
    - English: Cullane
- Manx: quallian
- Scottish Gaelic: cuilean
  - Scottish Gaelic: Cailean
    - English: Colin

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