Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kentus

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

From Proto-Indo-European *kéntus, from *ken-.

Adjective

**Proto-Celtic ordinal numbers**
	1st	2nd >
Cardinal : oinos Ordinal* : *kentus

*kentus

first

Inflection

U-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kentus	*kentū	*kentowes
vocative	*kentu	*kentū	*kentūs
accusative	*kentum	*kentū	*kentums
genitive	*kentous	*kentous	*kentowom
dative	*kentou	*kentubom	*kentubos
instrumental	*kentū	*kentubim	*kentubis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kentus	*kentū	*kentowes
vocative	*kentu	*kentū	*kentūs
accusative	*kentum	*kentū	*kentums
genitive	*kentous	*kentous	*kentowom
dative	*kentou	*kentubom	*kentubos
instrumental	*kentū	*kentubim	*kentubis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kentu	*kentū	*kentwā
vocative	*kentu	*kentū	*kentwā
accusative	*kentu	*kentū	*kentwā
genitive	*kentous	*kentous	*kentowom
dative	*kentou	*kentubom	*kentubos
instrumental	*kentū	*kentubim	*kentubis

Derived terms

*kentusamonyos

Descendants

Brythonic: *kɨnt
- Breton: kent
- Cornish: kyns
- Welsh: cynt
Old Irish: cét-
- Middle Irish: cét-
  - Irish: céad
  - Manx: kied
  - Scottish Gaelic: ciad
Gaulish: cintus