Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanxtus

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱank-tus, from *ḱank- (“branch”).[1] Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, “stake, club, brace, plough”), Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā), Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”).

Noun

*kanxtus m

  1. plough, plough beam

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kanxtus *kanxtū *kanxtowes
vocative *kanxtu *kanxtū *kanxtūs
accusative *kanxtum *kanxtū *kanxtuns
genitive *kanxtous *kanxtous *kanxtowom
dative *kanxtou *kanxtubom *kanxtubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *kanxtū *kanxtubim *kanxtubis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: cécht
    • Irish: céachta, céacht (Ulster)
    • Manx: keeaght
    • Scottish Gaelic: ceuchd
  • →⇒? Latin: cectōria[2]

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157
  2. ^ Vendryes, J. (1937) “Variétés étymologiques”, in Études Celtiques‎[1] (in French), volume 2, pages 127–36

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kanxtu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 189
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