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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ankus

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

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱ-ú-s ~ *n̥k-éw-s (“dead; mortal”).

Noun

*ankus m[1]

  1. death

Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ankus *ankū *ankowes
vocative *anku *ankū *ankūs
accusative *ankum *ankū *ankums
genitive *ankous *ankous *ankowom
dative *ankou *ankubom *ankubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *ankū *ankubim *ankubis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *ankow (from the plural stem)[2]
    • Old Breton: ancou
      • Middle Breton: ancou, ancaou
        • Breton: ankoù
          • ⇒ Breton: Ankoù
    • Old Cornish: ancou
      • Cornish: ankow
    • Middle Welsh: angheu
      • Welsh: angau
        • Welsh: Angau
  • Old Irish: éc

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 37
  2. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 350: “*ank-ou̯-”
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