Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷetrVkonts
Proto-Celtic
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Cardinal: *kʷetrVkonts |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt.
Numeral
edit*kʷetrVkonts
- forty (40)
Inflection
editMasculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
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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
editThe 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
edit- Old Irish: cethorcho
- Middle Irish: cethracha
- Irish: ceathracha
- Middle Irish: cethracha