Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kontexstos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
The first element is *kom-, and the second element can be related to *texstus (“heat, warmth”).
Adjective
*kontexstos
- warm (in both temperature and friendliness)
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kontexstos | *kontexstou | *kontexstoi |
| vocative | *kontexste | *kontexstou | *kontexstoi |
| accusative | *kontexstom | *kontexstou | *kontexstons |
| genitive | *kontexstī | *kontexstous | *kontexstom |
| dative | *kontexstūi | *kontexstobom | *kontexstobos |
| instrumental | *kontexstū | *kontexstobim | *kontexstobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kontexstā | *kontexstai | *kontexstās |
| vocative | *kontexstā | *kontexstai | *kontexstās |
| accusative | *kontexstam | *kontexstai | *kontexstans |
| genitive | *kontexstās | *kontexstous | *kontexstom |
| dative | *kontexstai | *kontexstābom | *kontexstābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kontexstābim | *kontexstābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kontexstom | *kontexstou | *kontexstā |
| vocative | *kontexstom | *kontexstou | *kontexstā |
| accusative | *kontexstom | *kontexstou | *kontexstā |
| genitive | *kontexstī | *kontexstous | *kontexstom |
| dative | *kontexstūi | *kontexstobom | *kontexstobos |
| instrumental | *kontexstū | *kontexstobim | *kontexstobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kontexstyūs | *? | *kontexstyoses |
| vocative | *kontexstyūs | *? | *kontexstyoses |
| accusative | *kontexstyosam | *? | *kontexstyosans |
| genitive | *kontexstisos | *? | *kontexstisom |
| dative | *kontexstisei | *? | *kontexstisbos |
| instrumental | *kontexstisī | *? | *kontexstisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kontexstyūs | *? | *kontexstyoses |
| vocative | *kontexstyūs | *? | *kontexstyoses |
| accusative | *kontexstyosam | *? | *kontexstyosans |
| genitive | *kontexstisos | *? | *kontexstisom |
| dative | *kontexstisei | *? | *kontexstisbos |
| instrumental | *kontexstisī | *? | *kontexstisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kontexstis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *kontexstis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *kontexstis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *kontexstisos | *? | *kontexstisom |
| dative | *kontexstisei | *? | *kontexstisbos |
| instrumental | *kontexstisī | *? | *kontexstisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: kynnes, kynnhes
- Welsh: cynnes
- Middle Welsh: kynnes, kynnhes
- Gaulish: *contessos
- → Latin: Contessus, Contessa, Conteđđius, Contessilus, Conteđđilicia
Further reading
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “contessos”, 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 125