Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/arkennā

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

Noun

*arkennā f

  1. shoe

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *arkennā *arkennai *arkennās
vocative *arkennā *arkennai *arkennās
accusative *arkennam *arkennai *arkennāns
genitive *arkennās *arkennous *arkennom
dative *arkennāi *arkennābom *arkennābos
locative *arkennai *? *?
instrumental *? *arkennābim *arkennābis

Reconstruction notes

Koch, and Karl & Aan de Wiel after him, erroneously reconstruct a Proto-Celtic non-feminine noun *arkenno-,[1][2] despite the word being feminine in both Welsh and Old Irish.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *arxenn
    • ⇒ Middle Breton: archenaff
      • Breton: arc'henañ
    • Welsh: archen
  • Old Irish: accrann, acrann

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004), English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 309
  2. ^ John Koch, editor (2006), “Proto-Celtic industries (technologies and techniques)”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 1467
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