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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tolkos

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 *tolkos, o-stem form of *telk- (to thrust, strike)[1]. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *telťi (to pound), Lithuanian tìlkti (to be tame).

Noun

*tolkos m

  1. thrust, force, strength
  2. tear, piercing

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tolkos *tolkou *tolkoi
vocative *tolke *tolkou *tolkūs
accusative *tolkom *tolkou *tolkūs
genitive *tolkī *tolkous *tolkom
dative *tolkūi *tolkobom *tolkobos
instrumental *tolkū *tolkobim *tolkobis

Descendants

References

  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406
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