Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷoxtos

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 *pokʷ-tó-s, from *pekʷ- (“to cook”). Effectively the past participle of *kʷokʷeti (“to cook”).

Adjective

*kʷoxtos

1. cooked, hot

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷoxtos	*kʷoxtou	*kʷoxtoi
vocative	*kʷoxte	*kʷoxtou	*kʷoxtoi
accusative	*kʷoxtom	*kʷoxtou	*kʷoxtoms
genitive	*kʷoxtī	*kʷoxtous	*kʷoxtom
dative	*kʷoxtūi	*kʷoxtobom	*kʷoxtobos
instrumental	*kʷoxtū	*kʷoxtobim	*kʷoxtobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷoxtā	*kʷoxtai	*kʷoxtās
vocative	*kʷoxtā	*kʷoxtai	*kʷoxtās
accusative	*kʷoxtam	*kʷoxtai	*kʷoxtams
genitive	*kʷoxtās	*kʷoxtous	*kʷoxtom
dative	*kʷoxtai	*kʷoxtābom	*kʷoxtābos
instrumental	*?	*kʷoxtābim	*kʷoxtābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷoxtom	*kʷoxtou	*kʷoxtā
vocative	*kʷoxtom	*kʷoxtou	*kʷoxtā
accusative	*kʷoxtom	*kʷoxtou	*kʷoxtā
genitive	*kʷoxtī	*kʷoxtous	*kʷoxtom
dative	*kʷoxtūi	*kʷoxtobom	*kʷoxtobos
instrumental	*kʷoxtū	*kʷoxtobim	*kʷoxtobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷoxtyūs	*?	*kʷoxtyoses
vocative	*kʷoxtyūs	*?	*kʷoxtyoses
accusative	*kʷoxtyosam	*?	*kʷoxtyosams
genitive	*kʷoxtisos	*?	*kʷoxtisom
dative	*kʷoxtisei	*?	*kʷoxtisbos
instrumental	*kʷoxtisī	*?	*kʷoxtisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷoxtyūs	*?	*kʷoxtyoses
vocative	*kʷoxtyūs	*?	*kʷoxtyoses
accusative	*kʷoxtyosam	*?	*kʷoxtyosams
genitive	*kʷoxtisos	*?	*kʷoxtisom
dative	*kʷoxtisei	*?	*kʷoxtisbos
instrumental	*kʷoxtisī	*?	*kʷoxtisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷoxtis	*?	*?
vocative	*kʷoxtis	*?	*?
accusative	*kʷoxtis	*?	*?
genitive	*kʷoxtisos	*?	*kʷoxtisom
dative	*kʷoxtisei	*?	*kʷoxtisbos
instrumental	*kʷoxtisī	*?	*kʷoxtisbis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *poɨθ
  • Middle Breton: poaz
    • Breton: poazh
  • Middle Cornish: poth
    • Cornish: pooth
  • Middle Welsh: poeth
    • Welsh: poeth

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180