caithid

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *katyeti. Matasović assumes, based on the Gaulish source of Latin catēia (projectile), that the meaning throw was primary, even though that meaning is not attested until Middle Irish.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.θʲəðʲ/, [ˈkaθʲiðʲ]

Verb

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caithid (prototonic ·caithi, verbal noun caithem)

  1. to consume, use up, eat up

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: caithid (use, consume; throw)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
caithid chaithid caithid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kat-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 195-196

Further reading

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