Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krissus

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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

*kridsus

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *krdʰ-tu-, suffixed form of the zero grade of *kerdʰ- (“belt”), see also Proto-Slavic *čersъ.

Noun edit

*krissus m^[1]

belt

Declension edit

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krissus	*krissū	*krissowes
vocative	*krissu	*krissū	*krissūs
accusative	*krissum	*krissū	*krissums
genitive	*krissous	*krissous	*krissowom
dative	*krissou	*krissubom	*krissubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*krissū	*krissubim	*krissubis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: guo-cris (“belt”)
  - Middle Breton: cres (“shirt”)
    - Breton: kres, krez
- Old Cornish: kreis
- Old Welsh: guecrissou
  - Middle Welsh: crys (“shirt”), gwregys (“girdle, belt”)
    - Welsh: crys
Old Irish: cris
- Irish: crios
- Scottish Gaelic: crios

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krissu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krissu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225

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