Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/texstus

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 *tép-s-tus, from *tep- (“heat”) +‎ *-tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

*texstus m^[1]

heat, warmth

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*texstus	—	—
vocative	*texstu	—	—
accusative	*texstum	—	—
genitive	*texstous	—	—
dative	*texstou	—	—
locative	*?	—	—
instrumental	*texstū	—	—

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *tes
- Old Breton: tes
  - Breton: tes
- Old Cornish: tes
  - Cornish: tes
- Middle Welsh: tes
  - Welsh: tes
Old Irish: tes, tess
- Middle Irish: tes, tess
  - Irish: teas
  - Scottish Gaelic: teas
  - Manx: chiass

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tefstu- (*textsu-)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375

[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tefstu- (*textsu-)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375

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