Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anxtu
Proto-Celtic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱtu, from the root *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”).
Noun edit
*anxtu n
Declension edit
Neuter u-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *anxtu | *anxtū | *anxtwā |
vocative | *anxtu | *anxtū | *anxtwā |
accusative | *anxtu | *anxtū | *anxtwā |
genitive | *anxtous | *anxtous | *anxtowom |
dative | *anxtou | *anxtubom | *anxtubos |
locative | *? | *? | *? |
instrumental | *anxtū | *anxtubim | *anxtubis |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle Welsh: aeth (“pain, fear”)
- Welsh: aeth (“pain, fear”)
- Old Irish: écht (“slaughter”)
- Irish: éacht (“slaughter”)
References edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 37