Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kritos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *krit-, from *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“twist, turn, bend”), see also Latin crīsāre.^[1]

Noun edit

*kritos m^[2]^[3]

fever, trembling, shaking

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kritos	*kritou	*kritoi
vocative	*krite	*kritou	*kritūs
accusative	*kritom	*kritou	*kritoms
genitive	*kritī	*kritous	*kritom
dative	*kritūi	*kritobom	*kritobos
locative	*kritei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kritū	*kritobim	*kritūis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: crit
- Cornish: dor-gryz
- Old Welsh: crit
  - Middle Welsh: crid
    - Welsh: cryd
Old Irish: crith
- Middle Irish: crith
  - Irish: crith
  - Manx: crie
  - Scottish Gaelic: crith

References edit

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-938”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-938
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krito-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-938”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-938

[Matasovic-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krito-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

[3] Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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