Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-etos

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

Extracted from *kʷenkʷetos (“fifth”).

Suffix

*-etos

1. Forms ordinal numbers.

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-etos

Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dametos

Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dekametos

Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenkʷetos

Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sextametos

• *-metos (extended by analogy to *sextametos and *dekametos)
  • Proto-Brythonic: *-β̃ed
    • Cornish: -ves
    • Middle Welsh: -uet
      • Welsh: -fed
  • Old Irish: -mad
    • Irish: -ú
    • Manx: -oo
    • Scottish Gaelic: -amh