Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krīkʷā
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“post”), though this would yield an unexpected lengthened earlier form of *krēkʷ-. Or, from *krey- (“to sift, separate”).[1]
Noun
edit*krīkʷā f[2]
Declension
edit| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *krīkʷā | *krīkʷai | *krīkʷās |
| vocative | *krīkʷā | *krīkʷai | *krīkʷās |
| accusative | *krīkʷam | *krīkʷai | *krīkʷāms |
| genitive | *krīkʷās | *krīkʷous | *krīkʷom |
| dative | *krīkʷāi | *krīkʷābom | *krīkʷābos |
| locative | *krīkʷai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *krīkʷābim | *krīkʷābis |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: crích
References
edit- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “crìoch”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 107
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krīkʷā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224