Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kreitros
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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]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to sift, separate”)[1] followed by *-trom (instrumental suffix). However, the fact that this noun failed to appear as a neuter in Old Irish is odd.
Noun
[edit]*kreitros m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kreitros | *kreitrou | *kreitroi |
| vocative | *kreitre | *kreitrou | *kreitroi |
| accusative | *kreitrom | *kreitrou | *kreitrons |
| genitive | *kreitrī | *kreitrous | *kreitrom |
| dative | *kreitrūi | *kreitrobom | *kreitrobos |
| locative | *kreitrei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kreitrū | *kreitrobim | *kreitrūis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krē-tro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223