Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/(s)kīttos

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 *skh₂ey- (“left”). Cognate with Latin scaevus (“left, clumsy”), Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “left, unlucky, awkward”).

Adjective

*(s)kīttos

1. left, left-handed
2. clumsy, awkward, wrong
3. sinister
4. sad

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	**(s)kīttos	**(s)kīttou	**(s)kīttoi
vocative	**(s)kītte	**(s)kīttou	**(s)kīttoi
accusative	**(s)kīttom	**(s)kīttou	**(s)kīttoms
genitive	**(s)kīttī	**(s)kīttous	**(s)kīttom
dative	**(s)kīttūi	**(s)kīttobom	**(s)kīttobos
instrumental	**(s)kīttū	**(s)kīttobim	**(s)kīttobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	**(s)kīttā	**(s)kīttai	**(s)kīttās
vocative	**(s)kīttā	**(s)kīttai	**(s)kīttās
accusative	**(s)kīttam	**(s)kīttai	**(s)kīttams
genitive	**(s)kīttās	**(s)kīttous	**(s)kīttom
dative	**(s)kīttai	**(s)kīttābom	**(s)kīttābos
instrumental	*?	**(s)kīttābim	**(s)kīttābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	**(s)kīttom	**(s)kīttou	**(s)kīttā
vocative	**(s)kīttom	**(s)kīttou	**(s)kīttā
accusative	**(s)kīttom	**(s)kīttou	**(s)kīttā
genitive	**(s)kīttī	**(s)kīttous	**(s)kīttom
dative	**(s)kīttūi	**(s)kīttobom	**(s)kīttobos
instrumental	**(s)kīttū	**(s)kīttobim	**(s)kīttobis

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cittach
  • Irish: ciotach
  • Scottish Gaelic: ciotach
  • Manx: kyttagh
• Middle Welsh: chwith
  • Welsh: chwith

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cittach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwith”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 342-3