Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/atiskʷom

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 *ati- (“re-”) +‎ *sekʷeti (“to say”) +‎ *-om (verbal noun suffix for prefixed verbs).

Noun

*atiskʷom n^[1]

answer, response

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*atiskʷom	*atiskʷou	*atiskʷā
vocative	*atiskʷom	*atiskʷou	*atiskʷā
accusative	*atiskʷom	*atiskʷou	*atiskʷā
genitive	*atiskʷī	*atiskʷous	*atiskʷom
dative	*atiskūi	*atiskʷobom	*atiskʷobos
locative	*atiskʷei	*?	*?
instrumental	*atiskū	*atiskʷobim	*atiskʷūis

Derived terms

*atiskʷ-ā-tus (secondary verbal noun)
- Gaulish: Atispatu
  - → Latin: Atespatus

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *adheb (reformed to e-grade by analogy to the verb)
- Middle Welsh: atteb
  - Welsh: ateb
Old Irish: aithesc
- Irish: aitheasc
- Scottish Gaelic: aitheasg

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “atespatus”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 59

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “atespatus”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 59

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