Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nixtos

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

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *nik-tó-s, from *neyk- (“to winnow”) +‎ *-tós.

Adjective edit

*nixtos^[1]

winnowed
(substantive) something winnowed, wheat

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic: *niθ
Old Irish: *necht
- ⇒ Old Irish: cruthnecht, cruithnecht (possibly + cruth (“form”)^[2] or Cruithen (“Pict”)^[3])
  - Irish: cruithneacht
  - Manx: curnaght
  - Scottish Gaelic: cruithneachd

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nixt-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cruithnecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Wilson, James (1911) “Part 5. Agriculture and Its History”, in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volumes 31: A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and of the Adjoining District, Royal Irish Academy, →JSTOR, page 24

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nixt-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291

[2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cruithnecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[3] Wilson, James (1911) “Part 5. Agriculture and Its History”, in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volumes 31: A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and of the Adjoining District, Royal Irish Academy, →JSTOR, page 24

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