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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/boukolyos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).
Noun
*boukolyos m
- cowherd
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *bowkolyos | *bowkolyou | *bowkolyoi |
| vocative | *bowkolye | *bowkolyou | *bowkolyūs |
| accusative | *bowkolyom | *bowkolyou | *bowkolyūs |
| genitive | *bowkolyī | *bowkolyous | *bowkolyom |
| dative | *bowkolyūi | *bowkolyobom | *bowkolyobos |
| instrumental | *bowkolyū | *bowkolyobim | *bowkolyobis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *bʉgöl
- Middle Breton: buguel, bugel
- Breton: bugel
- Cornish: bugel
- Middle Welsh: bugeil
- Welsh: bugail
- Middle Breton: buguel, bugel
- Old Irish: búachaill
- Irish: buachaill
- Manx: bochilley
- Scottish Gaelic: buachaill, buachaille