Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷesdis

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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-CelticEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unknown; possibly borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate source as no Indo-European cognates appear to exist.^[1]

NounEdit

*kʷesdis f

piece, portion

DeclensionEdit

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷesdis	*kʷesdī	*kʷesdīs
vocative	*kʷesdi	*kʷesdī	*kʷesdīs
accusative	*kʷesdim	*kʷesdī	*kʷesdīs
genitive	*kʷesdēs	*kʷesdyow	*kʷesdyom
dative	*kʷesdē	*kʷesdibom	*kʷesdibos
instrumental	*kʷesdī	*kʷesdibim	*kʷesdibis

DescendantsEdit

Brythonic: *peθ
- Middle Breton: pez
  - Breton: pezh
- Cornish: peth, pyth
- Old Welsh: ped
  - Middle Welsh: peth
    - Welsh: peth
Old Irish: cuit
- Irish: cuid
- Manx: cooid
- Scottish Gaelic: cuid
Gaulish: *pettyā
- → Latin: pettia (see there for further descendants)

ReferencesEdit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179

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