Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kredro-

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

Usually related to *kreddīti (“to believe”),^[1] but the derivational pathway is unclear.

Noun

*kredro- gender unattested

relic

Reconstruction notes

The gender of this word is unattested in Old Irish, and Middle Irish secondarily changed this word to a feminine i-stem. Brittonic masculine forms narrow the original gender down to neuter or masculine.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *kreɨr
- Breton: kreirioù m pl
- Old Welsh: creiriou pl
  - Middle Welsh: creir, kreir
    - Welsh: crair
Old Irish: cretar
- Middle Irish: cretair

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kredro/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 222

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kredro/i-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 222

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