< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koimos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”) (compare English home and Lithuanian káimas (“village, countryside”)), from *ḱey-.
Adjective
*koimos
- dear, nice
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimos | *koimou | *koimoi |
| vocative | *koime | *koimou | *koimūs |
| accusative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimoms |
| genitive | *koimī | *koimous | *koimom |
| dative | *koimūi | *koimobom | *koimobos |
| instrumental | *koimū | *koimobim | *koimobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimā | *koimai | *koimās |
| vocative | *koimā | *koimai | *koimās |
| accusative | *koimam | *koimai | *koimams |
| genitive | *koimās | *koimous | *koimom |
| dative | *koimai | *koimābom | *koimābos |
| instrumental | *? | *koimābim | *koimābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimā |
| vocative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimā |
| accusative | *koimom | *koimou | *koimā |
| genitive | *koimī | *koimous | *koimom |
| dative | *koimūi | *koimobom | *koimobos |
| instrumental | *koimū | *koimobim | *koimobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *kʉβ̃
- Old Breton: cum
- Middle Breton: cunff, cuff
- Breton: kuñv
- Middle Breton: cunff, cuff
- Cornish: kuv, cueff
- Middle Welsh: ku
- Welsh: cu
- Old Breton: cum
- Old Irish: cóem
- Irish: caomh
- Scottish Gaelic: caomh
- Gaulish: Coemo
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220