Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷennom

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

Unknown: “all attempts to identify a PIE root have proven futile”.[1]

Noun

*kʷennom n

head

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷennom	*kʷennou	*kʷennā
vocative	*kʷennom	*kʷennou	*kʷennā
accusative	*kʷennom	*kʷennou	*kʷennā
genitive	*kʷennī	*kʷennous	*kʷennom
dative	*kʷennūi	*kʷennobom	*kʷennobos
instrumental	*kʷennū	*kʷennobim	*kʷennobis

Derived terms

*Kʷennowindos
*Kunokʷennos

Descendants

Brythonic: *penn
- Old Breton: penn, pen
  - Breton: penn
- Old Cornish: pen
  - Middle Cornish: pen
- Old Welsh: penn
  - Middle Welsh: penn
    - Welsh: pen
Primitive Irish: ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni) (genitive)
- Old Irish: cenn
  - Middle Irish: cenn
    - Irish: ceann
    - Manx: kione
    - Scottish Gaelic: ceann
Gaulish: pennon, Penno-ouindos, Cuno-pennus

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177