Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krīkʷā

Proto-Celtic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *krek- (post), though this would yield an unexpected lengthened earlier form of *krēkʷ-. Or, from *krey- (to sift, separate).[1]

Noun edit

*krīkʷā f[2]

  1. trench, furrow, boundary

Declension edit

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krīkʷā *krīkʷai *krīkʷās
vocative *krīkʷā *krīkʷai *krīkʷās
accusative *krīkʷam *krīkʷai *krīkʷāms
genitive *krīkʷās *krīkʷous *krīkʷom
dative *krīkʷāi *krīkʷābom *krīkʷābos
locative *krīkʷai *? *?
instrumental *? *krīkʷābim *krīkʷābis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: crích

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “crìoch”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 107
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krīkʷā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224