Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/korkyos

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

Unknown. Matasović assumes it may have been borrowed from an unidentifiable substrate language.^[1] De Bernardo Stempel alternatively derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(h₁)-.^[2]

Noun

*korkyos m^[2]

oat

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*korkyos	*korkyou	*korkyoi
vocative	*korkye	*korkyou	*korkyoi
accusative	*korkyom	*korkyou	*korkyoms
genitive	*korkyī	*korkyous	*korkyom
dative	*korkyūi	*korkyobom	*korkyobos
locative	*korkyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*korkyū	*korkyobim	*korkyūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *körx
- Middle Breton: kerch
  - Breton: kerc'h
- Old Cornish: keirch
  - Cornish: kergh
- Middle Welsh: ceirch, keirch, keyrc
  - Welsh: ceirch
Middle Irish: corca
- Irish: coirce
- Scottish Gaelic: coirce
- Manx: corkey

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*korkkyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 216
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*korkkyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 216

[Zair-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244

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