Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krissus

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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]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *krdʰ-tu-, suffixed form of the zero grade of *kerdʰ- (belt), see also Proto-Slavic *čersъ.

Noun[edit]

*krissus m[1]

  1. belt

Declension[edit]

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krissus *krissū *krissowes
vocative *krissu *krissū *krissūs
accusative *krissum *krissū *krissums
genitive *krissous *krissous *krissowom
dative *krissou *krissubom *krissubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *krissū *krissubim *krissubis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: cris

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krissu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225