Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krixs

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 *krep- (“body”).[1]

Noun

*krixs f

  1. body

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krixs *kriɸe *kriɸes
vocative *krixs *kriɸe *kriɸes
accusative *kriɸam *kriɸe *kriɸans
genitive *kriɸos *kriɸou *kriɸom
dative *kriɸei *kriɸobom *kriɸobos
locative *kriɸi — —
instrumental *kriɸe? *kriɸobim *kriɸobis

Derived terms

  • *kriɸmos
    • Proto-Brythonic: *krɨβ̃
      • Middle Breton: creff
      • Old Cornish: crif
      • Middle Welsh: cryf

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: crí (poetic)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krif-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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