Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷritus

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- + *-tus.

Noun

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*kʷritus m[1][2]

  1. form, shape
  2. moment, time

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷritus *kʷritū *kʷritowes
vocative *kʷritu *kʷritū *kʷritūs
accusative *kʷritum *kʷritū *kʷritums
genitive *kʷritous *kʷritous *kʷritowom
dative *kʷritou *kʷritubom *kʷritubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *kʷritū *kʷritubim *kʷritubis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *prɨd
  • Old Irish: cruth (form), crud

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 182
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 93