Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-onos

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

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Suffix

*-onos m[1]

individualizing suffix.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-onos	*-onou	*-onoi
vocative	*-one	*-onou	*-onūs
accusative	*-onom	*-onou	*-onoms
genitive	*-onī	*-onous	*-onom
dative	*-onūi	*-onobom	*-onobos
locative	*-onei	*?	*?
instrumental	*-onū	*-onobim	*-onūis

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-onos

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *-on[2]
- Old Breton: -on
  - Breton: -on
- Welsh: -on
Old Irish: -on
Gaulish: -onos

References

Karin Stüber (2005) Schmied und Frau : Studien zur Gallischen Epigraphik und Onomastik, page 11
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-on”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*-onos, *-onā”

[1] Karin Stüber (2005) Schmied und Frau : Studien zur Gallischen Epigraphik und Onomastik, page 11

[GPC-2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-on”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies: “*-onos, *-onā”