Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nextī

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

Alternative forms

• *nextā

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂.

Noun

*nextī f

1. niece

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nextī	*nextī	*nextiyās
vocative	*nextī	*nextī	*nextiyās
accusative	*nextīm	*nextī	*nextīms
genitive	*nextyās	*nextyous	*nextyom
dative	*nextyai	*nextyābom	*nextyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*nextyābim	*nextyābis

Descendants

In Goidelic, the word was reformed as an ā-stem, *nextā.

• Proto-Brythonic: *nėθ
  • Old Breton: nith
    • Middle Breton: nyz
      • Breton: nizh
  • Old Cornish: noit
    • Cornish: nith
  • Old Welsh:
    • Middle Welsh: nith
      • Welsh: nith
• Old Irish: necht
  • Irish: neacht