Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skeitos

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 *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Latin scūtum, Russian щит (ščit), and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).

Noun

*skeitos m

1. shield, protection

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skeitos	*skeitou	*skeitoi
vocative	*skeite	*skeitou	*skeitoi
accusative	*skeitom	*skeitou	*skeitoms
genitive	*skeitī	*skeitous	*skeitom
dative	*skeitūi	*skeitobom	*skeitobos
locative	*skeitei	*?	*?
instrumental	*skeitū	*skeitobim	*skeitūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *skuɨd
  • Breton: skoed
  • Cornish: skoes
  • Welsh: ysgwyd
• Old Irish: scíath
  • Irish: sciath
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgiath