Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krenxtus
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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
editEtymology
editUnknown; Matasović gives no etymology.[1]
Irslinger notes a few previous old suggestions:[2]
- Pedersen relates this to Lithuanian krekti (“to clot”), present stem kreñk-, but the -n- is a nasal infix, being unhelpful in providing a source for the -n- needed to produce the long vowel in Irish créacht, a noun.
- Lane (1937) relates this to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrink”).
Noun
edit*krenxtus m[2]
Inflection
edit| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *krenxtus | *krenxtū | *krenxtowes |
| vocative | *krenxtu | *krenxtū | *krenxtūs |
| accusative | *krenxtum | *krenxtū | *krenxtums |
| genitive | *krenxtous | *krenxtous | *krenxtowom |
| dative | *krenxtou | *krenxtubom | *krenxtubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *krenxtū | *krenxtubim | *krenxtubis |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kre(n)xtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 139