Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷrīyess
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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit
Etymology edit
Generally agreed to be related to Latin creta (“clay, chalk, soil”), but the relationship is mysterious.[1][2][3] The Latin word itself could be related to cerno (“I separate”), Ancient Greek κρίνω (krínō, “to divide, separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.
Mallory & Adams reconstruct *tkʷreh₁yot-, adding Tocharian B tukri (“clay”);[4] Matasovic suggests *kʷreh₁ + Proto-Celtic *-yet-, adding that the Tocharian words could have had their own prefix. However, these all could have instead been borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate.
Noun edit
*kʷrīyess ?
Inflection edit
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kʷrīyets | *kʷrīyete | *kʷrīyetes |
| vocative | *kʷrīyets | *kʷrīyete | *kʷrīyetes |
| accusative | *kʷrīyetam | *kʷrīyete | *kʷrīyetams |
| genitive | *kʷrīyetos | *kʷrīyetou | *kʷrīyetom |
| dative | *kʷrīyetei | *kʷrīyetobom | *kʷrīyetobos |
| locative | *kʷrīyeti | — | — |
| instrumental | *kʷrīyete? | *kʷrīyetobim | *kʷrīyetobis |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “crè”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pridd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kʷrīyet”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 182-83
- ^ Mallory, J. P. with 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 121