Κελτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely derived from Proto-Celtic *gal- (to be able).[1] See also Γαλάτης (Galátēs) and Latin Gallus, which might be from the same source.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Κελτός (Keltós) m (genitive Κελτοῦ); second declension

  1. a Celt

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
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