Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenxtos

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

**Proto-Celtic numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b]} ← 4	5	6 →
Cardinal: kʷenkʷe Ordinal: kʷenkʷetos, *kʷenxtos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós, ordinal to *pénkʷe.^[1]

Adjective

*kʷenxtos

fifth (5th)
Synonym: *kʷenkʷetos

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷenxtos	*kʷenxtou	*kʷenxtoi
vocative	*kʷenxte	*kʷenxtou	*kʷenxtoi
accusative	*kʷenxtom	*kʷenxtou	*kʷenxtons
genitive	*kʷenxtī	*kʷenxtous	*kʷenxtom
dative	*kʷenxtūi	*kʷenxtobom	*kʷenxtobos
instrumental	*kʷenxtū	*kʷenxtobim	*kʷenxtobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷenxtā	*kʷenxtai	*kʷenxtās
vocative	*kʷenxtā	*kʷenxtai	*kʷenxtās
accusative	*kʷenxtam	*kʷenxtai	*kʷenxtans
genitive	*kʷenxtās	*kʷenxtous	*kʷenxtom
dative	*kʷenxtai	*kʷenxtābom	*kʷenxtābos
instrumental	*?	*kʷenxtābim	*kʷenxtābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷenxtom	*kʷenxtou	*kʷenxtā
vocative	*kʷenxtom	*kʷenxtou	*kʷenxtā
accusative	*kʷenxtom	*kʷenxtou	*kʷenxtā
genitive	*kʷenxtī	*kʷenxtous	*kʷenxtom
dative	*kʷenxtūi	*kʷenxtobom	*kʷenxtobos
instrumental	*kʷenxtū	*kʷenxtobim	*kʷenxtobis

Descendants

Gaulish: pixte, ⇒ Pixtilos
- →⇒ Latin: Pictacus, Pixticenus, Pictavī, Pictonēs
  - French: Poitou, Poitiers
Hispano-Celtic:^[2]
- ⇒? Celtiberian: kuintitaku (if not borrowed from Latin Quīntus)
- →⇒? Latin: Pentius, Pentovius, Pintovius, Pintamus, Pentilus (various Hispanic names, from a P-Celtic dialect?)

References

^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Stifter, David (2012) “Le plomb gaulois de Rezé”, in Études Celtiques, volume 38, page 158
^ Prósper, Blanca María (2014-2015) “The Indo-European ordinal numerals ‘fourth’ and ‘fifth’ and the reconstruction of the Celtic and Italic numeral systems”, in Die Sprache, volume 51, number 1, pages 1-50

[1] Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Stifter, David (2012) “Le plomb gaulois de Rezé”, in Études Celtiques, volume 38, page 158

[2] Prósper, Blanca María (2014-2015) “The Indo-European ordinal numerals ‘fourth’ and ‘fifth’ and the reconstruction of the Celtic and Italic numeral systems”, in Die Sprache, volume 51, number 1, pages 1-50

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