Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/truxsos

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 r-metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *turḱ-s-os, suffixed s-stem of *twerḱ- (to cut off).[1]

Noun edit

*truxsos m

  1. a cut off piece, broken off piece

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *truxsos *truxsou *truxsoi
vocative *truxse *truxsou *truxsūs
accusative *truxsom *truxsou *truxsoms
genitive *truxsī *truxsous *truxsom
dative *truxsūi *truxsobom *truxsobos
locative *truxsei *? *?
instrumental *truxsū *truxsobim *truxsūis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: *trux
  • *truxs (s-stem)
    • Old Irish: trú (doomed person)

References edit

  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