Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ekʷos

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 *h₁éḱwos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe.kʷos/

Noun

*ekʷos m

horse
Synonyms: *markos, *uɸorēdos

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ekʷos	*ekʷou	*ekʷoi
vocative	*ekʷe	*ekʷou	*ekūs
accusative	*ekʷom	*ekʷou	*ekūs
genitive	*ekʷī	*ekʷous	*ekʷom
dative	*ekūi	*ekʷobom	*ekʷobos
instrumental	*ekū	*ekʷobim	*ekʷobis

Derived terms

*ekʷālos

Descendants

Brythonic: *eb
- Old Breton: eb
  - Breton: keneb (“mare in foal”), ebeul (“colt, foal”)
- Old Welsh: eb
  - Middle Welsh: ep, ebawl (“colt, foal”)
    - Welsh: cyfeb (“mare in foal”), ebol (“colt, foal”), ebran (“fodder, stover”)
Primitive Irish: *ᚓᚊᚐᚄ (*eqas)
- Old Irish: ech
  - Irish: each
  - Manx: agh
  - Scottish Gaelic: each
Gaulish: epos
Celtiberian: ekua-

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