Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anxtu

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 *n̥ḱtu, from the root *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”).

Noun

*anxtu n

1. slaughter

Declension

Neuter u-stem

	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

• *ankus

Descendants

• Middle Welsh: aeth (“pain, fear”)
  • Welsh: aeth (“pain, fear”)
• Old Irish: écht (“slaying, exploit”)
  • Irish: éacht (“slaughter, feat”)
  • Scottish Gaelic: euchd (“exploit, feat”)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*anku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 37