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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/olīnā

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 *Heh₃l- (“to bow, to bend; elbow”). Cognate with Latin ulna and Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina).

Noun

*olīnā f[1]

  1. elbow, angle

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *olīnā *olīnai *olīnās
vocative *olīnā *olīnai *olīnās
accusative *olīnam *olīnai *olīnāms
genitive *olīnās *olīnous *olīnom
dative *olīnāi *olīnābom *olīnābos
locative *olīnai *? *?
instrumental *? *olīnābim *olīnābis

Descendants
  • Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: elin
    • Cornish: elyn, elin
    • Old Welsh: elinou (plural)
  • Goidelic:

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*olīnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 297
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uilen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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