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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/olīnā
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bow, to bend; elbow”). Cognate with Latin ulna and Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina).
Noun
*olīnā f[1]
- elbow, angle
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *olīnā | *olīnai | *olīnās |
vocative | *olīnā | *olīnai | *olīnās |
accusative | *olīnam | *olīnai | *olīnāms |
genitive | *olīnās | *olīnous | *olīnom |
dative | *olīnāi | *olīnābom | *olīnābos |
locative | *olīnai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *olīnābim | *olīnābis |
Descendants
- Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: elin
- Breton: elin
- Cornish: elyn, elin
- Old Welsh: elinou (plural)
- Welsh: elin
- Middle Breton: elin
- Goidelic:
- Old Irish: uilen[2]
- Irish: uillinn
- Manx: uillin
- Scottish Gaelic: uileann
- Old Irish: uilen[2]
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*olīnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 297
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “uilen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language