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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wolkos

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

Uncertain. Possibly related to *ulkos (“bad, evil”), hinted by early Celtic farmers' hostility towards birds of prey. If so, cognate with Old Irish olc.[1] However, this is uncertain.[2] Alternatively perhaps related to Latin falcō (“falcon”).

Noun

*wolkos m[3]

  1. hawk

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wolkos *wolkou *wolkoi
vocative *wolke *wolkou *wolkūs
accusative *wolkom *wolkou *wolkoms
genitive *wolkī *wolkous *wolkom
dative *wolkūi *wolkobom *wolkobos
locative *wolkei *? *?
instrumental *wolkū *wolkobim *wolkūis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: *gwalx
    • Breton: gwalc’h
    • Welsh: gwalch
  • Gaulish: *Wolcās

References
  1. Hall, James (1989): Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, Issues 17–20, p. 66
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ulkʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 400
  3. Proto-Celtic ― English Wordlist, p.95
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