Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/texstus

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 *tép-s-tus, from *tep- (“heat”) +‎ *-tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

*texstus m[1]

  1. heat, warmth

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *texstus — —
vocative *texstu — —
accusative *texstum — —
genitive *texstous — —
dative *texstou — —
locative *? — —
instrumental *texstū — —

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tes
  • Old Irish: tess, tes

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tefstu- (*textsu-)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375
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