Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷetrVkonts
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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]| ← 30 | 40 | 50 → |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| Cardinal: *kʷetrVkonts | ||
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt.
Numeral
[edit]*kʷetrVkonts
- forty (40)
Reconstruction notes
[edit]The identity of the second vowel of this word is uncertain, and cannot be recovered from Goidelic, which syncopated this vowel away and replaced it with an epenthetic vowel.
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
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| nominative | *kʷetrVkonts | *kʷetrVkonte | *kʷetrVkontes |
| vocative | *kʷetrVkonts | *kʷetrVkonte | *kʷetrVkontes |
| accusative | *kʷetrVkontam | *kʷetrVkonte | *kʷetrVkontans |
| genitive | *kʷetrVkontos | *kʷetrVkontou | *kʷetrVkontom |
| dative | *kʷetrVkontei | *kʷetrVkontobom | *kʷetrVkontobos |
| locative | *kʷetrVkonti | — | — |
| instrumental | *kʷetrVkonte? | *kʷetrVkontobim | *kʷetrVkontobis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: cethorcho
- Middle Irish: cethracha
- Irish: ceathracha
- Middle Irish: cethracha