Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Kʷekyā

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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

Feminine of the putative adjective *kʷekyos (courageous).

Proper noun

*Kʷekyā f[1]

  1. a female given name

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Kʷekyā *Kʷekyai *Kʷekyās
vocative *Kʷekyā *Kʷekyai *Kʷekyās
accusative *Kʷekyam *Kʷekyai *Kʷekyāms
genitive *Kʷekyās *Kʷekyous *Kʷekyom
dative *Kʷekyāi *Kʷekyābom *Kʷekyābos
locative *Kʷekyai *? *?
instrumental *? *Kʷekyābim *Kʷekyābis

Descendants

  • Primitive Irish: ᚊᚓᚉᚔᚐ (qecia), ᚊᚓᚉᚓᚐ (qecea)
  • Gaulish: Peccia (with affectionate gemination)

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “peccia”, 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 247