Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kumbā
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kumbʰos, *kumbʰéh₂, either from Proto-Indo-European *kew- (“bend”) or borrowing a from non-Indo-European substrate.[1][2][3][4]
Proposed cognates include Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vat; valley”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “basin, bowl”), Proto-Albanian *tˢumba[5] (compare Albanian sumbull (“round button, knob”)), Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰas (“pot”) (compare Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha)).
Noun
[edit]*kumbā f
Inflection
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kumbā | *kumbai | *kumbās |
| vocative | *kumbā | *kumbai | *kumbās |
| accusative | *kumbam | *kumbai | *kumbāms |
| genitive | *kumbās | *kumbous | *kumbom |
| dative | *kumbāi | *kumbābom | *kumbābos |
| locative | *kumbai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *kumbābim | *kumbābis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
- ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 239
- ^ de Vaan, Michiel (1999) “The PIE root structure *Te(R)Dʰ-¹)”, in Historische Sprachforschung[1], page 11
- ^ De Decker, Filip (2013) “Another attempt at a chronology for Grassmann’s Law in Greek”, in Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München[2]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[3], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 70