Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noxs
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Noun
*noxs f
Declension
Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *noxts | *noxte | *noxtes |
vocative | *noxts | *noxte | *noxtes |
accusative | *noxtam | *noxte | *noxtams |
genitive | *noxtos | *noxtou | *noxtom |
dative | *noxtei | *noxtobom | *noxtobos |
locative | *noxti | — | — |
instrumental | *noxte? | *noxtobim | *noxtobis |
Derived terms
- *sindainoxtē (“tonight”, literally “on this night”) (+ *sindai (“this”, dat.sg.))
- Unsorted formations
- Middle Welsh: peunoeth (“every night”), mein(i)oeth (“midnight”)
- Welsh: trannoeth (“overnight, tomorrow”)
Descendants
Note: The Brythonic words (Welsh nos, Cornish nos, Breton noz and their ancestors) may be from this word, but they may also be loanwords from Latin nox.
- Gaulish: nox