Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nekʷos

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 *ne (negator) +‎ *kʷos (“who?”).^[1]

Pronoun

*nekʷos m

someone, anyone

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nekʷos	*nekʷou	*nekʷoi
vocative	*nekʷe	*nekʷou	*nekoi
accusative	*nekʷom	*nekʷou	*nekoms
genitive	*nekʷī	*nekʷous	*nekʷom
dative	*nekūi	*nekʷobom	*nekʷobos
locative	*nekʷei	*?	*?
instrumental	*nekū	*nekʷobim	*nekʷūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *neb
- Old Breton: nep
  - Breton: nep (as a determiner), neb (as a pronoun)
- Middle Cornish: nep, neb
  - Cornish: neb
- Old Welsh: nep
  - Middle Welsh: neb, nep
    - Welsh: neb
Old Irish: nech (as a pronoun), nach (as a determiner)
- Middle Irish: nech (as a pronoun), nach (as a determiner)
Gaulish: nepon (acc. sg.)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nekʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 287

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nekʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 287

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