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

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

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	**(s)kīttyūs	*?	**(s)kīttyoses
vocative	**(s)kīttyūs	*?	**(s)kīttyoses
accusative	**(s)kīttyosam	*?	**(s)kīttyosams
genitive	**(s)kīttisos	*?	**(s)kīttisom
dative	**(s)kīttisei	*?	**(s)kīttisbos
instrumental	**(s)kīttisī	*?	**(s)kīttisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	**(s)kīttyūs	*?	**(s)kīttyoses
vocative	**(s)kīttyūs	*?	**(s)kīttyoses
accusative	**(s)kīttyosam	*?	**(s)kīttyosams
genitive	**(s)kīttisos	*?	**(s)kīttisom
dative	**(s)kīttisei	*?	**(s)kīttisbos
instrumental	**(s)kīttisī	*?	**(s)kīttisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	**(s)kīttis	*?	*?
vocative	**(s)kīttis	*?	*?
accusative	**(s)kīttis	*?	*?
genitive	**(s)kīttisos	*?	**(s)kīttisom
dative	**(s)kīttisei	*?	**(s)kīttisbos
instrumental	**(s)kīttisī	*?	**(s)kīttisbis

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