Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krixsos

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 *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”).^[1] Cognates include Latin crispus (and also crīnis), Albanian krip, and Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬌𐬟𐬁 (srifā, “plume”).^[2]

Adjective

*krixsos

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krixsos	*krixsou	*krixsoi
vocative	*krixse	*krixsou	*krixsoi
accusative	*krixsom	*krixsou	*krixsons
genitive	*krixsī	*krixsous	*krixsom
dative	*krixsūi	*krixsobom	*krixsobos
instrumental	*krixsū	*krixsobim	*krixsobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krixsā	*krixsai	*krixsās
vocative	*krixsā	*krixsai	*krixsās
accusative	*krixsam	*krixsai	*krixsans
genitive	*krixsās	*krixsous	*krixsom
dative	*krixsai	*krixsābom	*krixsābos
instrumental	*?	*krixsābim	*krixsābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krixsom	*krixsou	*krixsā
vocative	*krixsom	*krixsou	*krixsā
accusative	*krixsom	*krixsou	*krixsā
genitive	*krixsī	*krixsous	*krixsom
dative	*krixsūi	*krixsobom	*krixsobos
instrumental	*krixsū	*krixsobim	*krixsobis

Declension of the comparative
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krixsyūs	*?	*krixsyoses
vocative	*krixsyūs	*?	*krixsyoses
accusative	*krixsyosam	*?	*krixsyosans
genitive	*krixsisos	*?	*krixsisom
dative	*krixsisei	*?	*krixsisbos
instrumental	*krixsisī	*?	*krixsisbis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krixsyūs	*?	*krixsyoses
vocative	*krixsyūs	*?	*krixsyoses
accusative	*krixsyosam	*?	*krixsyosans
genitive	*krixsisos	*?	*krixsisom
dative	*krixsisei	*?	*krixsisbos
instrumental	*krixsisī	*?	*krixsisbis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krixsis	*?	*?
vocative	*krixsis	*?	*?
accusative	*krixsis	*?	*?
genitive	*krixsisos	*?	*krixsisom
dative	*krixsisei	*?	*krixsisbos
instrumental	*krixsisī	*?	*krixsisbis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *krɨx
- Middle Breton: crech
  - Breton: krec'h
- Cornish: krygh
- Middle Welsh: crych
  - Welsh: crych
Gaulish: *crixos, ⇒ Κριξξος (Krixxos), Κριξια (Krixia)
- → Latin: Crixus, Crixius
- →⇒ Latin: *Crixiacum
  - French: Crissé, Cressé, Crécey, Crissey

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-38”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-38
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “crixsos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 130

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-38”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-38

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “crixsos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 130

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