Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸrixtus

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 *prep-.

Noun

*ɸrixtus m^[1]

form, shape
appearance

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸrixtus	*ɸrixtū	*ɸrixtowes
vocative	*ɸrixtu	*ɸrixtū	*ɸrixtūs
accusative	*ɸrixtum	*ɸrixtū	*ɸrixtums
genitive	*ɸrixtous	*ɸrixtous	*ɸrixtowom
dative	*ɸrixtou	*ɸrixtubom	*ɸrixtubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸrixtū	*ɸrixtubim	*ɸrixtubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *rriθ
- Old Breton: arrith (in compound)
  - Middle Breton: rez
    - Breton: rezh
- Middle Welsh: rith
  - Welsh: rhith
Old Irish: richt
- Irish: riocht
- Scottish Gaelic: riochd

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*frixtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 141

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*frixtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 141

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