Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nekʷe

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

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Etymology

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Parallel combinations of *ne and *-kʷe also appear in Latin neque[1] and Proto-Germanic *nehw.

Particle

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*nekʷe

  1. not

Conjunction

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*nekʷe

  1. nor

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *nag (with delabialization)
  • Old Irish: nách (combined with copula), nach (used as a negative relative conjunction involving pronouns)
  • Celtiberian: nekue (not, nor)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 287