Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/genetā

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 *ǵenh₁-eteh₂. Compare Oscan genetaí (“daughter”, dative singular) and Latin (primo-)genitus.

Noun

*genetā f

1. young girl

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*genetā	*genetai	*genetās
vocative	*genetā	*genetai	*genetās
accusative	*genetam	*genetai	*genetāns
genitive	*genetās	*genetous	*genetom
dative	*genetāi	*genetābom	*genetābos
locative	*genetai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*genetābim	*genetābis

Descendants

• Welsh: geneth (from *genettā with expressive gemination)
• Gaulish: geneta, genata, gnata

References

• Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise, Xavier Delamarre.
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157