Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kengets

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *keng- (to step, walk (lamely), tread).

Noun[edit]

*kengets m[1]

  1. warrior

Declension[edit]

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kengets *kengete *kengetes
vocative *kengets *kengete *kengetes
accusative *kengetam *kengete *kengetams
genitive *kengetos *kengetou *kengetom
dative *kengetei *kengetobom *kengetobos
locative *kengeti
instrumental *kengete? *kengetobim *kengetobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Gaulish: *kingess, *kingeto- (in personal names)
  • Old Irish: cing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kenget-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200