Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷritus

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 *kʷer- + *-tus.

Noun

*kʷritus m

1. form, shape
2. moment, time

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷritus	*kʷritū	*kʷritowes
vocative	*kʷritu	*kʷritū	*kʷritūs
accusative	*kʷritum	*kʷritū	*kʷritums
genitive	*kʷritous	*kʷritous	*kʷritowom
dative	*kʷritou	*kʷritubom	*kʷritubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*kʷritū	*kʷritubim	*kʷritubis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *prɨd
  • Old Cornish: prit
    • Middle Cornish: prys
  • Middle Breton: pret
    • Breton: pred
  • Middle Welsh: pryd, pryt
    • Welsh: pryd (“form, time”)
• Old Irish: cruth (“form”), crud
  • Irish: cruth
  • Manx: croo
  • Scottish Gaelic: cruth