Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kreitros

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 *krey- (“to sift, separate”)[1] followed by *-trom (instrumental suffix). However, the fact that this noun failed to appear as a neuter in Old Irish is odd.

Noun

*kreitros m

  1. sieve

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kreitros *kreitrou *kreitroi
vocative *kreitre *kreitrou *kreitroi
accusative *kreitrom *kreitrou *kreitrons
genitive *kreitrī *kreitrous *kreitrom
dative *kreitrūi *kreitrobom *kreitrobos
locative *kreitrei *? *?
instrumental *kreitrū *kreitrobim *kreitrūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *kruɨdr
    • Old Breton: croitir
      • Middle Breton: croezr
    • Old Cornish: croider
    • Old Welsh: cruitr
  • Old Irish: críathar

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krē-tro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
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