Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kridyom

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 *ḱr̥d-, weak stem of *ḱḗr.

Noun

*kridyom n

1. heart (physical or emotional)
2. center, focus
3. love, dear one
4. valour

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kridyom	*kridyou	*kridyā
vocative	*kridyom	*kridyou	*kridyā
accusative	*kridyom	*kridyou	*kridyā
genitive	*kridyī	*kridyous	*kridyom
dative	*kridyūi	*kridyobom	*kridyobos
locative	*kridyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kridyū	*kridyobim	*kridyūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *krėð
  • Middle Breton: kreis
    • Breton: kreiz
  • Cornish: kres
  • Welsh: craidd
• Old Irish: cride
  • Irish: croí
  • Manx: cree
  • Scottish Gaelic: cridhe

References

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