Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knawī

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

Possibly connected to *knāyeti (“to bite, chew”).[1]

Noun

*knawī f[1]

fleece

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*knawī	*knawī	*knawyās
vocative	*knawī	*knawī	*knawyās
accusative	*knawīm	*knawī	*knawīms
genitive	*knawyās	*knawyous	*knawyom
dative	*knawyai	*knawyābom	*knawyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*knawyābim	*knawyābis

Related terms

*knāyeti

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: kneau, cnev
  - Breton: knew
- Cornish: kneu
- Middle Welsh: cnaif
- Middle Welsh: cnu, cnuf (<*knowos)
Goidelic:
- Old Irish: cnaí[2]

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*knawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*knawī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

[DIL-2] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language