Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nextī

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

Alternative forms

  • *nextā

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂.

Noun

*nextī f[1]

  1. niece

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nextī *nextī *nextiyās
vocative *nextī *nextī *nextiyās
accusative *nextīm *nextī *nextīns
genitive *nextyās *nextyous *nextyom
dative *nextyai *nextyābom *nextyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *nextyābim *nextyābis

Descendants

In Goidelic, the word was reformed as an ā-stem, *nextā.

  • Proto-Brythonic: *nėθ
    • Old Breton: nith
      • Middle Breton: nyz
        • Breton: nizh
    • Old Cornish: noit
    • Old Welsh:
  • Old Irish: necht

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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