Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kreitros

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 *krey- (“to sift, separate”)^[1] followed by *-trom (instrumental suffix). However, the fact that this noun failed to appear as a neuter in Old Irish is odd.

Noun

*kreitros m

sieve

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kreitros	*kreitrou	*kreitroi
vocative	*kreitre	*kreitrou	*kreitroi
accusative	*kreitrom	*kreitrou	*kreitroms
genitive	*kreitrī	*kreitrous	*kreitrom
dative	*kreitrūi	*kreitrobom	*kreitrobos
locative	*kreitrei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kreitrū	*kreitrobim	*kreitrūis

Related terms

*kriniti

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *kruɨdr
- Old Breton: croitir
  - Middle Breton: croezr
- Old Cornish: croider
- Old Welsh: cruitr
  - Welsh: crwydr
Old Irish: críathar
- Middle Irish: críathar
  - Irish: criathar
  - Manx: creear
  - Scottish Gaelic: criathar

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krē-tro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krē-tro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223

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