Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/koxsā

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 *koḱs-. Cognate with Latin coxa (“hip”), Old High German hahsa (“back of the knee”), and Sanskrit कक्ष (kákṣa, “armpit”).

Noun

*koxsā f

  1. leg, foot

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *koxsā *koxsai *koxsās
vocative *koxsā *koxsai *koxsās
accusative *koxsam *koxsai *koxsāns
genitive *koxsās *koxsous *koxsom
dative *koxsāi *koxsābom *koxsābos
locative *koxsai *? *?
instrumental *? *koxsābim *koxsābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *koɨs
    • Middle Welsh: coes
  • Old Irish: cos

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*koxsā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
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