Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ouxteros
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From *(o)uxs- (“up”) + *-teros, albeit with the prefix-final -s- absent.[1]
Adjective
*ouxteros
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ouxteros | *ouxterou | *ouxteroi |
| vocative | *ouxtere | *ouxterou | *ouxteroi |
| accusative | *ouxterom | *ouxterou | *ouxterons |
| genitive | *ouxterī | *ouxterous | *ouxterom |
| dative | *ouxterūi | *ouxterobom | *ouxterobos |
| instrumental | *ouxterū | *ouxterobim | *ouxterobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ouxterā | *ouxterai | *ouxterās |
| vocative | *ouxterā | *ouxterai | *ouxterās |
| accusative | *ouxteram | *ouxterai | *ouxterans |
| genitive | *ouxterās | *ouxterous | *ouxterom |
| dative | *ouxterai | *ouxterābom | *ouxterābos |
| instrumental | *? | *ouxterābim | *ouxterābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ouxterom | *ouxterou | *ouxterā |
| vocative | *ouxterom | *ouxterou | *ouxterā |
| accusative | *ouxterom | *ouxterou | *ouxterā |
| genitive | *ouxterī | *ouxterous | *ouxterom |
| dative | *ouxterūi | *ouxterobom | *ouxterobos |
| instrumental | *ouxterū | *ouxterobim | *ouxterobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ouxteryūs | *? | *ouxteryoses |
| vocative | *ouxteryūs | *? | *ouxteryoses |
| accusative | *ouxteryosam | *? | *ouxteryosans |
| genitive | *ouxterisos | *? | *ouxterisom |
| dative | *ouxterisei | *? | *ouxterisbos |
| instrumental | *ouxterisī | *? | *ouxterisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ouxteryūs | *? | *ouxteryoses |
| vocative | *ouxteryūs | *? | *ouxteryoses |
| accusative | *ouxteryosam | *? | *ouxteryosans |
| genitive | *ouxterisos | *? | *ouxterisom |
| dative | *ouxterisei | *? | *ouxterisbos |
| instrumental | *ouxterisī | *? | *ouxterisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ouxteris | *? | *? |
| vocative | *ouxteris | *? | *? |
| accusative | *ouxteris | *? | *? |
| genitive | *ouxterisos | *? | *ouxterisom |
| dative | *ouxterisei | *? | *ouxterisbos |
| instrumental | *ouxterisī | *? | *ouxterisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *ʉθr
- Middle Welsh: uthyr, uthir, uthr (“terrifying, terrific”)
- Welsh: uthr
- Middle Welsh: uthyr, uthir, uthr (“terrifying, terrific”)
- Old Irish: óchtar, úachtar