Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/boukolyos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *gʷowkólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷel- (“to revolve, move around, sojourn”).

Noun

*boukolyos m

cowherd

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bowkolyos	*bowkolyou	*bowkolyoi
vocative	*bowkolye	*bowkolyou	*bowkolyūs
accusative	*bowkolyom	*bowkolyou	*bowkolyūs
genitive	*bowkolyī	*bowkolyous	*bowkolyom
dative	*bowkolyūi	*bowkolyobom	*bowkolyobos
instrumental	*bowkolyū	*bowkolyobim	*bowkolyobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *bʉgöl
- Middle Breton: buguel, bugel
  - Breton: bugel
- Cornish: bugel
- Middle Welsh: bugeil
  - Welsh: bugail
Old Irish: búachaill
- Irish: buachaill
- Manx: bochilley
- Scottish Gaelic: buachaill, buachaille

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