Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/neɸūss

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 *népōts.

Noun

*neɸūss m

1. nephew

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*neɸūs	*neɸote	*neɸotes
vocative	*neɸūs	*neɸote	*neɸotes
accusative	*neɸotam	*neɸote	*neɸotams
genitive	*neɸotos	*neɸotou	*neɸotom
dative	*neɸotei	*neɸotobom	*neɸotobos
locative	*neɸoti	—	—
instrumental	*neɸote?	*neɸotobim	*neɸotobis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *nei
  • Old Breton: ny
    • Middle Breton: ni
      • Breton: ni
  • Cornish: noi, noy
  • Old Welsh: nei
    • Welsh: nai
• Primitive Irish: ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta, genitive)
  • Old Irish: nïa
    • Irish: nia
    • Manx: neear

References

• “Celtic Lexicon”, in University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies‎^[1], 2003