Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krixs

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 *krep- (“body”).^[1]

Noun

*krixs f

body

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krixs	*kriɸe	*kriɸes
vocative	*krixs	*kriɸe	*kriɸes
accusative	*kriɸam	*kriɸe	*kriɸams
genitive	*kriɸos	*kriɸou	*kriɸom
dative	*kriɸei	*kriɸobom	*kriɸobos
locative	*kriɸi	—	—
instrumental	*kriɸe?	*kriɸobim	*kriɸobis

Derived terms

*kriɸmos
- Proto-Brythonic: *krɨβ̃
  - Middle Breton: creff
    - Breton: kreñv
  - Old Cornish: crif
    - Middle Cornish: creff, cref
      - Cornish: krev, crev, cref
  - Middle Welsh: cryf
    - Welsh: cryf

Descendants

Middle Irish: crí (poetic)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krif-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krif-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224

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