Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/glūnos

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

Dissimilated from earlier *gnūn-, *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare with Albanian gju for a similar development.

Noun

*glūnos m

knee

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*glūnos	*glūnou	*glūnoi
vocative	*glūne	*glūnou	*glūnūs
accusative	*glūnom	*glūnou	*glūnūs
genitive	*glūnī	*glūnous	*glūnom
dative	*glūnūi	*glūnobom	*glūnobos
instrumental	*glūnū	*glūnobim	*glūnobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *glin
- Breton: glin
- Welsh: glin
Old Irish: glún
- Irish: glúin
- Manx: glioon
- Scottish Gaelic: glùin

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