Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trexstus

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 the same root as *trexsnos (“strong”).[1]

Noun

*trexstus m[2]

  1. contention, battle

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *trexstus *trexstū *trexstowes
vocative *trexstu *trexstū *trexstūs
accusative *trexstum *trexstū *trexstuns
genitive *trexstous *trexstous *trexstowom
dative *trexstou *trexstubom *trexstubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *trexstū *trexstubim *trexstubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tres
  • Old Irish: tres (“battle”)
    • Middle Irish: tress (“battle”)

References

  1. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 389
  2. ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe‎[1], volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 21
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