Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/texto-

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 *tek- (“to take by the hand”).

Noun

*texto- gender unattested

1. possessions

Reconstruction notes

• Determining the gender of this word is impossible, since only secondary derivatives are attested. O-stem inflection is guaranteed by the Gaulish combining form *tecto-, however.
• The derivation of Old Irish techt (“possessions”) is difficult; the genitive singular techta in Middle Irish implies a u-stem, leading to Irslinger to reconstruct *textus; many others have also believed techt to be a contraction of techtad (<*text-āye-tus) for similar reasons.

Derived terms

• *textomāros

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Irish: techtaid, >? techt
• Gaulish: *tecto-, ⇒ *Textosaxs (literally “goods-seeker”)
  • → Ancient Greek: Τεκτόσαγες (Tektósages) (name of a Galatian tribe)
  • → Latin: Tectosages, Tectosagae (name of a Gaulish tribe in France)