Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/truxsos

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 r-metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *turḱ-s-os, suffixed s-stem of *twerḱ- (“to cut off”).[1]

Noun

*truxsos m

  1. a cut off piece, broken off piece

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *truxsos *truxsou *truxsoi
vocative *truxse *truxsou *truxsoi
accusative *truxsom *truxsou *truxsons
genitive *truxsī *truxsous *truxsom
dative *truxsūi *truxsobom *truxsobos
locative *truxsei *? *?
instrumental *truxsū *truxsobim *truxsūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *trux
    • Old Breton: truch
      • Breton: trouc'h, troc'h (“a cut”)
    • Old Cornish: trech (“a cut off piece”)
      • Cornish: trogh (“broken”)
    • Middle Welsh: trwch (“broken, wounded”)
  • *truxs (s-stem)
    • Old Irish: trú (“doomed person”)

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157
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