Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skētos

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

Noun[edit]

*skētos m

  1. shield, protection

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *skētos *skētou *skētoi
vocative *skēte *skētou *skētūs
accusative *skētom *skētou *skētoms
genitive *skētī *skētous *skētom
dative *skētūi *skētobom *skētobos
locative *skētei *? *?
instrumental *skētū *skētobim *skētūis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *skuɨd
  • Old Irish: scíath