< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/genos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os.
Noun
*genos n[1]
- family, clan
- birth
Declension
| Neuter s-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *genos | *genese? | *genesa |
| vocative | *genos | *genese? | *genesa |
| accusative | *genos | *genese? | *genesa |
| genitive | *genesos | *genesous? | *genesom |
| dative | *genesē | *genesbom | *genesbos |
| locative | *genesi | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *genesē | *genesbim | *genesbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gen
- Old Breton: gen
- Breton: genel (denominative)
- Old Welsh: Mor-gen
- Old Breton: gen
- Gaulish: Ad-genus, Cintu-genus
- (perhaps) Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena, “daughter”)
- Old Irish: ingen
- Middle Irish: ingen
- Irish: iníon, inghean; inín; níon, inín
- Manx: inneen
- Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
- ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
- Middle Irish: ingen
- Old Irish: ingen
- Old Irish: Éo-gan
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN