Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krīkʷā

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 *krek- (“post”), though this would yield an unexpected lengthened earlier form of *krēkʷ-.

Noun

*krīkʷā f

1. trench, furrow, boundary

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krīkʷā	*krīkʷai	*krīkʷās
vocative	*krīkʷā	*krīkʷai	*krīkʷās
accusative	*krīkʷam	*krīkʷai	*krīkʷāms
genitive	*krīkʷās	*krīkʷous	*krīkʷom
dative	*krīkʷāi	*krīkʷābom	*krīkʷābos
locative	*krīkʷai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*krīkʷābim	*krīkʷābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *krib
  • Middle Breton: crib (“comb”)
    • Breton: krib
  • Cornish: cryb
  • Old Welsh: crip
    • Middle Welsh: crib
      • Welsh: crib (“comb”)
• Old Irish: crích
  • Middle Irish: crích
    • Irish: crích
    • Scottish Gaelic: crìoch
    • Manx: creagh