Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenxtos
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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
[edit]| [a], [b] ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
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| Cardinal: *kʷenkʷe Ordinal: *kʷenkʷetos, *kʷenxtos | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós, ordinal to *pénkʷe.[1]
Adjective
[edit]*kʷenxtos
- fifth (5th)
- Synonym: *kʷenkʷetos
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
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| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷenxtos | *kʷenxtou | *kʷenxtoi |
| vocative | *kʷenxte | *kʷenxtou | *kʷenxtoi |
| accusative | *kʷenxtom | *kʷenxtou | *kʷenxtons |
| genitive | *kʷenxtī | *kʷenxtous | *kʷenxtom |
| dative | *kʷenxtūi | *kʷenxtobom | *kʷenxtobos |
| instrumental | *kʷenxtū | *kʷenxtobim | *kʷenxtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷenxtā | *kʷenxtai | *kʷenxtās |
| vocative | *kʷenxtā | *kʷenxtai | *kʷenxtās |
| accusative | *kʷenxtam | *kʷenxtai | *kʷenxtans |
| genitive | *kʷenxtās | *kʷenxtous | *kʷenxtom |
| dative | *kʷenxtai | *kʷenxtābom | *kʷenxtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kʷenxtābim | *kʷenxtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷenxtom | *kʷenxtou | *kʷenxtā |
| vocative | *kʷenxtom | *kʷenxtou | *kʷenxtā |
| accusative | *kʷenxtom | *kʷenxtou | *kʷenxtā |
| genitive | *kʷenxtī | *kʷenxtous | *kʷenxtom |
| dative | *kʷenxtūi | *kʷenxtobom | *kʷenxtobos |
| instrumental | *kʷenxtū | *kʷenxtobim | *kʷenxtobis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Stifter, David (2012) “Le plomb gaulois de Rezé”, in Études Celtiques, volume 38, page 158
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2014-2015) “The Indo-European ordinal numerals ‘fourth’ and ‘fifth’ and the reconstruction of the Celtic and Italic numeral systems”, in Die Sprache, volume 51, number 1, pages 1-50