Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trexsnos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *treg- (“strength”), cognates including Old Norse þrekr, þrek (“strength, courage”),[1] and possibly also Latvian trekns (“fat”) and Albanian trashë (“fat”).[2]
Adjective
*trexsnos (comparative *trexsais)
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *trexsnos | *trexsnou | *trexsnoi |
| vocative | *trexsne | *trexsnou | *trexsnoi |
| accusative | *trexsnom | *trexsnou | *trexsnons |
| genitive | *trexsnī | *trexsnous | *trexsnom |
| dative | *trexsnūi | *trexsnobom | *trexsnobos |
| instrumental | *trexsnū | *trexsnobim | *trexsnobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *trexsnā | *trexsnai | *trexsnās |
| vocative | *trexsnā | *trexsnai | *trexsnās |
| accusative | *trexsnam | *trexsnai | *trexsnans |
| genitive | *trexsnās | *trexsnous | *trexsnom |
| dative | *trexsnai | *trexsnābom | *trexsnābos |
| instrumental | *? | *trexsnābim | *trexsnābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *trexsnom | *trexsnou | *trexsnā |
| vocative | *trexsnom | *trexsnou | *trexsnā |
| accusative | *trexsnom | *trexsnou | *trexsnā |
| genitive | *trexsnī | *trexsnous | *trexsnom |
| dative | *trexsnūi | *trexsnobom | *trexsnobos |
| instrumental | *trexsnū | *trexsnobim | *trexsnobis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Primitive Irish: ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚒ (trenu)
- Gaulish: *trēnos
- → Latin: Trenus
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*trexs(n)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 389
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “trexso-”, 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 301