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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krenxtus

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown; Matasović gives no etymology.[1]

Irslinger notes a few previous old suggestions:[2]

  • Pedersen relates this to Lithuanian krekti (to clot), present stem kreñk-, but the -n- is a nasal infix, being unhelpful in providing a source for the -n- needed to produce the long vowel in Irish créacht, a noun.
  • Lane (1937) relates this to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (to shrink).

Noun

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*krenxtus m[2]

  1. wound, injury

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krenxtus *krenxtū *krenxtowes
vocative *krenxtu *krenxtū *krenxtūs
accusative *krenxtum *krenxtū *krenxtums
genitive *krenxtous *krenxtous *krenxtowom
dative *krenxtou *krenxtubom *krenxtubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *krenxtū *krenxtubim *krenxtubis

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kre(n)xtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
  2. 2.0 2.1 Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 139