Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷetrVkonts

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

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Proto-Celtic numbers (edit)
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4
    Cardinal: *kʷetrVkonts

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt.

Numeral

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*kʷetrVkonts

  1. forty (40)

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷetrVkonts *kʷetrVkonte *kʷetrVkontes
vocative *kʷetrVkonts *kʷetrVkonte *kʷetrVkontes
accusative *kʷetrVkontam *kʷetrVkonte *kʷetrVkontans
genitive *kʷetrVkontos *kʷetrVkontou *kʷetrVkontom
dative *kʷetrVkontei *kʷetrVkontobom *kʷetrVkontobos
locative *kʷetrVkonti
instrumental *kʷetrVkonte? *kʷetrVkontobim *kʷetrVkontobis

Reconstruction notes

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The identity of the second vowel of this word is uncertain, and cannot be recovered from Goidelic, which syncopated this vowel away and replaced it with an epenthetic vowel.

Descendants

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  • Old Irish: cethorcho
    • Middle Irish: cethracha