Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noxs
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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]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Noun
[edit]*noxs f
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Unsorted formations
- Middle Welsh: peunoeth (“every night”), mein(i)oeth (“midnight”)
- Welsh: trannoeth (“overnight, tomorrow”)
Descendants
[edit]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
References
[edit]- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 38: “*se-nokʷt- ‘this night’”
- ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “henoid”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 82-83: “*se-noχt IE *so-, and *nekʷ-t-”
Further reading
[edit]- Koch, John (2004) “night *nokʷ-, *noxto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 233
- Williams, Robert (1865) “haneth”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 210
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*noxtV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 293-294