Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krittā

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

Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.^[1]

Noun

*krittā f

body, frame, shape

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krittā	*krittai	*krittās
vocative	*krittā	*krittai	*krittās
accusative	*krittam	*krittai	*krittāms
genitive	*krittās	*krittous	*krittom
dative	*krittāi	*krittābom	*krittābos
locative	*krittai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*krittābim	*krittābis

Descendants

Brythonic: *kreθ
- Middle Welsh: kreth
  - Welsh: creth
Middle Irish: crett
- Irish: creat
- Scottish Gaelic: creat

References

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

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

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