Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kengets

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 *keng- (“to step, walk (lamely), tread”) + *-ets.

Noun

*kengets m[1]

  1. warrior

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kengets *kengete *kengetes
vocative *kengets *kengete *kengetes
accusative *kengetam *kengete *kengetans
genitive *kengetos *kengetou *kengetom
dative *kengetei *kengetobom *kengetobos
locative *kengeti — —
instrumental *kengete? *kengetobim *kengetobis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: cing
  • Gaulish: Cinges, Cinceđ, *cingeto- (in personal names)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kenget-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
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