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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kolinos

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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

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Etymology

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The most obvious relatives are various Germanic words for "holly";[1] see Proto-West Germanic *hulis for these.

Noun

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*kolinos m

  1. holly

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kolinos *kolinou *kolinoi
vocative *koline *kolinou *kolinoi
accusative *kolinom *kolinou *kolinoms
genitive *kolinī *kolinous *kolinom
dative *kolinūi *kolinobom *kolinobos
locative *kolinei *? *?
instrumental *kolinū *kolinobim *kolinūis

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kolino-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213