Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambaxtos

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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

From *ambi- (“around”) +‎ *ageti (“to drive”) +‎ *-tos.

Noun

*ambaxtos m

  1. servant

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ambaxtos *ambaxtou *ambaxtoi
vocative *ambaxte *ambaxtou *ambaxtoi
accusative *ambaxtom *ambaxtou *ambaxtons
genitive *ambaxtī *ambaxtous *ambaxtom
dative *ambaxtūi *ambaxtobom *ambaxtobos
locative *ambaxtei *? *?
instrumental *ambaxtū *ambaxtobim *ambaxtūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ammaɨθ
    • Old Breton: ambaith
    • Cornish: ammeth
    • Middle Welsh: amaeth
  • Old Irish: amos, amsach (perhaps borrowed from Brythonic)
  • Gaulish: ambaxtos
    • → Latin: ambactus, ambaxtus (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Germanic: *ambahtaz (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Pinault, Georges-Jean (2007) Gaulois et celtique continental‎, page 191
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