Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reixstrom

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 a root *reig- present in *rigeti (“to bind”) + *-strom (instrumental suffix).^[1]

Noun

*reixstrom n

hindrance

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*reixstrom	*reixstrou	*reixstrā
vocative	*reixstrom	*reixstrou	*reixstrā
accusative	*reixstrom	*reixstrou	*reixstrā
genitive	*reixstrī	*reixstrous	*reixstrom
dative	*reixstrūi	*reixstrobom	*reixstrobos
locative	*reixstrei	*?	*?
instrumental	*reixstrū	*reixstrobim	*reixstrūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *rruɨstr
- Breton: rouestl, ⇒ rouestlañ
- Middle Welsh: rhwystr
  - Welsh: rhwystr
⇒ Middle Irish: ríastraid

References

^ Schrijver, Peter (2022) “The Development of Proto-Celtic *st in British Celtic”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, and Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN

[1] Schrijver, Peter (2022) “The Development of Proto-Celtic *st in British Celtic”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, and Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN

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