Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷuts

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

Alternative forms

*kʷum (used with *-kʷe + pronoun)

Etymology

Cognates are few and far between. The most obvious cognate is Proto-Slavic *kъ(n) (“to”). Another possible cognate is the first element of Latin usque (“up to”).^[1]

Preposition

*kʷuts

to, toward

Alternative reconstructions

*kʷo-^[2]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *puh
- Middle Welsh: py, pwy (only used in conjunction with o (“from”))
  - ⇒ Middle Welsh: pwygilydd, py gilydd
    - Welsh: pwygilydd
Old Irish: co
- Middle Irish: co, go
  - Irish: chuig, chun, go
  - Scottish Gaelic: gu

References

^ McCone, Kim (1993) “Varia II. Old Irish co, cucci 'as far as (him, it)' and Latin usque 'as far as'”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 44, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 171–176
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180

[1] McCone, Kim (1993) “Varia II. Old Irish co, cucci 'as far as (him, it)' and Latin usque 'as far as'”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 44, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 171–176

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180

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