Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koslos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *kóslos.

Noun

*koslos m

1. hazel

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*koslos	*koslou	*kosloi
vocative	*kosle	*koslou	*kosloi
accusative	*koslom	*koslou	*koslons
genitive	*koslī	*koslous	*koslom
dative	*koslūi	*koslobom	*koslobos
locative	*koslei	*?	*?
instrumental	*koslū	*koslobim	*koslūis

Derived terms

• Proto-Brythonic: *koll-ɣwɨð (literally “hazel wood”)
  • Old Breton: colguid
    • Middle Breton: queluez
      • Breton: kelwez
  • Old Cornish: colwiden

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *koll
  • Old Welsh: coll
    • Middle Welsh: coll(en)
      • Welsh: cyll
• Old Irish: coll
  • Irish: coll
  • Manx: coull
  • Scottish Gaelic: coll