Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nizdos

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 *nisdós.

Noun

*nizdos m

1. nest

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nizdos	*nizdou	*nizdoi
vocative	*nizde	*nizdou	*nizdoi
accusative	*nizdom	*nizdou	*nizdons
genitive	*nizdī	*nizdous	*nizdom
dative	*nizdūi	*nizdobom	*nizdobos
locative	*nizdei	*?	*?
instrumental	*nizdū	*nizdobim	*nizdūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *nɨθ
  • Middle Breton: nez
    • Breton: neizh, nezh
  • Old Cornish: neid
    • Middle Cornish: nyth
      • Cornish: neyth
  • Middle Welsh: nyth
    • Welsh: nyth
• Old Irish: net
  • Irish: nead
  • Scottish Gaelic: nead
  • Manx: edd (“nest”)

References

• Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales