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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kambos

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 *(s)ḱh₂embos (crooked), probably from the same substrate source as *kh₂em- (to arch). Compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, crooked).

Adjective

*kambos[1]

  1. twisted, crooked, bent

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *kambos *kambou *kamboi
vocative *kambe *kambou *kamboi
accusative *kambom *kambou *kamboms
genitive *kambī *kambous *kambom
dative *kambūi *kambobom *kambobos
instrumental *kambū *kambobim *kambobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *kambā *kambai *kambās
vocative *kambā *kambai *kambās
accusative *kambam *kambai *kambams
genitive *kambās *kambous *kambom
dative *kambai *kambābom *kambābos
instrumental *? *kambābim *kambābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *kambom *kambou *kambā
vocative *kambom *kambou *kambā
accusative *kambom *kambou *kambā
genitive *kambī *kambous *kambom
dative *kambūi *kambobom *kambobos
instrumental *kambū *kambobim *kambobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kam
    • Old Breton: camm
    • Cornish: kamm
    • Old Welsh: cam (evil, wrong)
      • Middle Welsh: cam
  • Old Irish: camm, cam
  • Gaulish: Cambo, Καμβοδουνον
  • Hispano-Celtic:

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kambo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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