Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anxtu
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *n̥ḱtu, from the root *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”).
Noun
[edit]*anxtu n
Declension
[edit]Neuter u-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *anxtu | *anxtū | *anxtwā |
vocative | *anxtu | *anxtū | *anxtwā |
accusative | *anxtu | *anxtū | *anxtwā |
genitive | *anxtous | *anxtous | *anxtowom |
dative | *anxtou | *anxtubom | *anxtubos |
locative | *? | *? | *? |
instrumental | *anxtū | *anxtubim | *anxtubis |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle Welsh: aeth (“pain, fear”)
- Welsh: aeth (“pain, fear”)
- Old Irish: écht (“slaughter”)
- Irish: éacht (“slaughter”)
References
[edit]- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*anku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 37