Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanktus

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

Etymology

A derivative of the noun *kankā (“branch”). Possibly related to Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti) according to Matasovic, and to Latin cectōria.

Noun

*kanktus m

1. plough

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kanktus	*kanktū	*kanktowes
vocative	*kanktu	*kanktū	*kanktūs
accusative	*kanktum	*kanktū	*kanktums
genitive	*kanktous	*kanktous	*kanktowom
dative	*kanktou	*kanktubom	*kanktubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*kanktū	*kanktubim	*kanktubis

Descendants

• Old Irish: cécht
  • Irish: céachta
  • Manx: keeaght