Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krissus

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *kridsus

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krdʰ-tu-, suffixed form of the zero grade of *kerdʰ- (“belt”), see also Proto-Slavic *čersъ.

Noun

*krissus m

1. belt

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krissus	*krissū	*krissowes
vocative	*krissu	*krissū	*krissūs
accusative	*krissum	*krissū	*krissuns
genitive	*krissous	*krissous	*krissowom
dative	*krissou	*krissubom	*krissubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*krissū	*krissubim	*krissubis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: guo-cris (“belt”)
    • Middle Breton: cres (“shirt”)
      • Breton: kres, krez
  • Old Cornish: kreis
  • Old Welsh: guecrissou
    • Middle Welsh: crys (“shirt”), gwregys (“girdle, belt”)
      • Welsh: crys
• Old Irish: cris
  • Irish: crios
  • Scottish Gaelic: crios