Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krixsos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”).[1] Cognates include Latin crispus (and also crīnis), Albanian krip, and Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬌𐬟𐬁 (srifā, “plume”).[2]
Adjective
*krixsos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krixsos | *krixsou | *krixsoi |
| vocative | *krixse | *krixsou | *krixsoi |
| accusative | *krixsom | *krixsou | *krixsons |
| genitive | *krixsī | *krixsous | *krixsom |
| dative | *krixsūi | *krixsobom | *krixsobos |
| instrumental | *krixsū | *krixsobim | *krixsobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krixsā | *krixsai | *krixsās |
| vocative | *krixsā | *krixsai | *krixsās |
| accusative | *krixsam | *krixsai | *krixsans |
| genitive | *krixsās | *krixsous | *krixsom |
| dative | *krixsai | *krixsābom | *krixsābos |
| instrumental | *? | *krixsābim | *krixsābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krixsom | *krixsou | *krixsā |
| vocative | *krixsom | *krixsou | *krixsā |
| accusative | *krixsom | *krixsou | *krixsā |
| genitive | *krixsī | *krixsous | *krixsom |
| dative | *krixsūi | *krixsobom | *krixsobos |
| instrumental | *krixsū | *krixsobim | *krixsobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krixsyūs | *? | *krixsyoses |
| vocative | *krixsyūs | *? | *krixsyoses |
| accusative | *krixsyosam | *? | *krixsyosans |
| genitive | *krixsisos | *? | *krixsisom |
| dative | *krixsisei | *? | *krixsisbos |
| instrumental | *krixsisī | *? | *krixsisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krixsyūs | *? | *krixsyoses |
| vocative | *krixsyūs | *? | *krixsyoses |
| accusative | *krixsyosam | *? | *krixsyosans |
| genitive | *krixsisos | *? | *krixsisom |
| dative | *krixsisei | *? | *krixsisbos |
| instrumental | *krixsisī | *? | *krixsisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *krixsis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *krixsis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *krixsis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *krixsisos | *? | *krixsisom |
| dative | *krixsisei | *? | *krixsisbos |
| instrumental | *krixsisī | *? | *krixsisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *krɨx
- Gaulish: *crixos, ⇒ Κριξξος (Krixxos), Κριξια (Krixia)
- → Latin: Crixus, Crixius
- →⇒ Latin: *Crixiacum
- French: Crissé, Cressé, Crécey, Crissey
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-38”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-38
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “crixsos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 130