Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krittā

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

Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.[1] Alternatively a derivative of *krép-s ~ *kr̥p-ós (“body”) (whence Proto-Celtic *krixs), such as *kr̥p-t-eh₂ or *kr̥p-dʰh₁-eh₂, but the sound change required for Celtic *-tt- is unknown and found in other unexplained words.

Noun

*krittā f

  1. body, frame, shape

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krittā *krittai *krittās
vocative *krittā *krittai *krittās
accusative *krittam *krittai *krittāns
genitive *krittās *krittous *krittom
dative *krittāi *krittābom *krittābos
locative *krittai *? *?
instrumental *? *krittābim *krittābis

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *kreθ
    • Middle Welsh: kreth
      • Welsh: creth
  • Old Irish: cret
    • Middle Irish: crett, cret

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 37
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