Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kontexstos

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

The first element is *kom-, and the second element can be related to *texstus (“heat, warmth”).

Adjective

*kontexstos

1. warm (in both temperature and friendliness)

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kontexstos	*kontexstou	*kontexstoi
vocative	*kontexste	*kontexstou	*kontexstoi
accusative	*kontexstom	*kontexstou	*kontexstons
genitive	*kontexstī	*kontexstous	*kontexstom
dative	*kontexstūi	*kontexstobom	*kontexstobos
instrumental	*kontexstū	*kontexstobim	*kontexstobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kontexstā	*kontexstai	*kontexstās
vocative	*kontexstā	*kontexstai	*kontexstās
accusative	*kontexstam	*kontexstai	*kontexstans
genitive	*kontexstās	*kontexstous	*kontexstom
dative	*kontexstai	*kontexstābom	*kontexstābos
instrumental	*?	*kontexstābim	*kontexstābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kontexstom	*kontexstou	*kontexstā
vocative	*kontexstom	*kontexstou	*kontexstā
accusative	*kontexstom	*kontexstou	*kontexstā
genitive	*kontexstī	*kontexstous	*kontexstom
dative	*kontexstūi	*kontexstobom	*kontexstobos
instrumental	*kontexstū	*kontexstobim	*kontexstobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kontexstyūs	*?	*kontexstyoses
vocative	*kontexstyūs	*?	*kontexstyoses
accusative	*kontexstyosam	*?	*kontexstyosans
genitive	*kontexstisos	*?	*kontexstisom
dative	*kontexstisei	*?	*kontexstisbos
instrumental	*kontexstisī	*?	*kontexstisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kontexstyūs	*?	*kontexstyoses
vocative	*kontexstyūs	*?	*kontexstyoses
accusative	*kontexstyosam	*?	*kontexstyosans
genitive	*kontexstisos	*?	*kontexstisom
dative	*kontexstisei	*?	*kontexstisbos
instrumental	*kontexstisī	*?	*kontexstisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kontexstis	*?	*?
vocative	*kontexstis	*?	*?
accusative	*kontexstis	*?	*?
genitive	*kontexstisos	*?	*kontexstisom
dative	*kontexstisei	*?	*kontexstisbos
instrumental	*kontexstisī	*?	*kontexstisbis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Welsh: kynnes, kynnhes
    • Welsh: cynnes
• Gaulish: *contessos
  • → Latin: Contessus, Contessa, Conteđđius, Contessilus, Conteđđilicia

Further reading

• Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “contessos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 125