Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yextis

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 *yek- (“to say”).

Noun

*yextis f[1]

  1. language, speech

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *yextis *yextī *yextīs
vocative *yexti *yextī *yextīs
accusative *yextim *yextī *yextins
genitive *yexteis *yextyow *yextyom
dative *yextei *yextibom *yextibos
locative *yextei *? *?
instrumental *yextī *yextibim *yextibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *jeiθ
    • Breton: yezh
    • Cornish: yeth
    • Middle Welsh: ieith
  • Old Irish: icht (“race, people, tribe”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yextV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
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