Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kalyākos

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 *kelh₁- (“to call”). Compare English hen from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”) for semantic development.

Noun

*kalyākos m

rooster

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kalyākos	*kalyākou	*kalyākoi
vocative	*kalyāke	*kalyākou	*kalyākūs
accusative	*kalyākom	*kalyākou	*kalyākūs
genitive	*kalyākī	*kalyākous	*kalyākom
dative	*kalyākūi	*kalyākobom	*kalyākobos
instrumental	*kalyākū	*kalyākobim	*kalyākobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *kėljọg
- Middle Breton: kilhog, kilheg
  - Breton: kilhog
- Old Cornish: chelioc
  - Cornish: colyek
- Middle Welsh: keilyawc
  - Welsh: ceiliog, ceilog
Old Irish: cailech
- Irish: coileach
- Manx: kellagh
- Scottish Gaelic: coileach
Gaulish: *caliacos

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