Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanawū

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 *ken- (“to begin”).[1]

Noun

*kanawū m

whelp, cub

Inflection

Masculine/feminine n-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kanawū	*kanawone?	*kanawones
vocative	*kanawū	*kanawone?	*kanawones
accusative	*kanawonam	*kanawone?	*kanawonams
genitive	*kanawonos	*kanawonows?	*kanawonom
dative	*kanawonei	*kanawombom	*kanawombos
locative	*kanawon(i)	*?	*?
instrumental	*kanawonei	*kanawombim	*kanawombis

Descendants

Brythonic: *kėnėw
- Old Breton: ceneuan, compare Rikeneu (PN)
  - Middle Breton: kenou
    - Breton: kenow
- Middle Welsh: ceneu
  - Welsh: cenau, cenaw
Old Irish: cana
- Scottish Gaelic: cana

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kanawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kanawon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 187