Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yextis

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 *yek- (“to say”).

Noun

*yextis f^[1]

language, speech

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yextis	*yextī	*yextīs
vocative	*yexti	*yextī	*yextīs
accusative	*yextim	*yextī	*yextims
genitive	*yexteis	*yextyow	*yextyom
dative	*yextei	*yextibom	*yextibos
locative	*yextei	*?	*?
instrumental	*yextī	*yextibim	*yextibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *jeiθ
- Breton: yezh
- Cornish: yeth
- Middle Welsh: ieith
  - Welsh: iaith
Old Irish: icht (“race, people, tribe”)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yextV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yextV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435

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