Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/reixstrom

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 a root *reig- present in *rigeti (to bind) + *-strom (instrumental suffix).[1]

Noun

*reixstrom n

  1. hindrance

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *reixstrom *reixstrou *reixstrā
vocative *reixstrom *reixstrou *reixstrā
accusative *reixstrom *reixstrou *reixstrā
genitive *reixstrī *reixstrous *reixstrom
dative *reixstrūi *reixstrobom *reixstrobos
locative *reixstrei *? *?
instrumental *reixstrū *reixstrobim *reixstrūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *rruɨstr
  • Middle Irish: ríastraid

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter (2022) “The Development of Proto-Celtic *st in British Celtic”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, and Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN