Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swexstos
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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]Alternative forms
[edit]- *swexsetos (Insular)[1]
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱstos, from *swéḱs (“six”) + *-tos (“-th”). Equivalent to *swexs + *-tos.
Insular branches have remodeled the suffix to *-etos.[1]
Adjective
[edit]| < 5th | 6th | 7th > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *swexs Ordinal : *swexstos | ||
*swexstos
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swextos | *swextou | *swextoi |
| vocative | *swexte | *swextou | *swextoi |
| accusative | *swextom | *swextou | *swextoms |
| genitive | *swextī | *swextous | *swextom |
| dative | *swextūi | *swextobom | *swextobos |
| instrumental | *swextū | *swextobim | *swextobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swextā | *swextai | *swextās |
| vocative | *swextā | *swextai | *swextās |
| accusative | *swextam | *swextai | *swextams |
| genitive | *swextās | *swextous | *swextom |
| dative | *swextai | *swextābom | *swextābos |
| instrumental | *? | *swextābim | *swextābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swextom | *swextou | *swextā |
| vocative | *swextom | *swextou | *swextā |
| accusative | *swextom | *swextou | *swextā |
| genitive | *swextī | *swextous | *swextom |
| dative | *swextūi | *swextobom | *swextobos |
| instrumental | *swextū | *swextobim | *swextobis |
Descendants
[edit]- Brythonic: *hwexed
- Breton: c'houecved
- Cornish: whefes
- Middle Welsh: chwechet
- Old Irish: seissed, sessed
- Gaulish: suexos
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “suexos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 286: “celtique insulaire a une forme *suexsetos”