caseg
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kanxstikā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱonḱ-, *ḱonk- (“horse”); compare Dutch hengst (“stallion”), Lithuanian šankùs (“nimble”), Persian خنگ (xeng, “gray horse”).[1] Matasović also compares this word to Proto-Celtic *kengeti (“to step”).[2]
Noun edit
caseg f (plural cesig)
Hypernyms edit
- ceffyl (“horse”)
Coordinate terms edit
- march (“stallion”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| caseg | gaseg | nghaseg | chaseg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “caseg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “keng-o”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200