Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanxtus

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱank-tus, from *ḱank- (“branch”).^[1] Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, “stake, club, brace, plough”), Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā), Persian (šâx, “branch”).

Noun

*kanxtus m

plough, plough beam

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kanxtus	*kanxtū	*kanxtowes
vocative	*kanxtu	*kanxtū	*kanxtūs
accusative	*kanxtum	*kanxtū	*kanxtums
genitive	*kanxtous	*kanxtous	*kanxtowom
dative	*kanxtou	*kanxtubom	*kanxtubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*kanxtū	*kanxtubim	*kanxtubis

Related terms

Descendants

Old Irish: cécht
- Irish: céachta

References

^ 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 157

[1] 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 157

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