Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kū

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *ḱwṓ.

Noun

*kū m

dog
wolf

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kū	*kune	*kunes
vocative	*kū	*kune	*kunes
accusative	*kunam	*kune	*kunās
genitive	*kunos	*kunou	*kunom
dative	*kunē	*kunobom	*kunobos
instrumental	*kune?	*kunobim	*kunobis

Derived terms

*dubrokū

Descendants

Brythonic: *ki
- Middle Breton: ci, qui
  - Breton: ki
- Old Cornish: ci
  - Cornish: ki, kei
- Middle Welsh: ci, ki
  - Welsh: ci
Primitive Irish: ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna)
- Old Irish: cú
  - Irish: cú
  - Manx: coo
  - Scottish Gaelic: cù
Gaulish: cuna