Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rextus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 |
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 *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, to right oneself”).
Noun
[edit]*rextus m[1]
Declension
[edit]| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *rextus | *rextū | *rextowes |
| vocative | *rextu | *rextū | *rextūs |
| accusative | *rextum | *rextū | *rextums |
| genitive | *rextous | *rextous | *rextowom |
| dative | *rextou | *rextubom | *rextubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *rextū | *rextubim | *rextubis |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly from either:[2]
- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep- (“to snatch”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἐρέπτομαι (eréptomai, “to devour, snatch away”), Latin rapiō (“to seize”).
- Proto-Indo-European *rebʰ- (“violent”), cognate to Latin rabiō (“to go mad”).
Noun
[edit]*rextus m[3]
Declension
[edit]| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *rextus | *rextū | *rextowes |
| vocative | *rextu | *rextū | *rextūs |
| accusative | *rextum | *rextū | *rextums |
| genitive | *rextous | *rextous | *rextowom |
| dative | *rextou | *rextubom | *rextubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *rextū | *rextubim | *rextubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Middle Irish: recht
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310/311
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 121
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rextu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 310