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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Connected since Delamarre to Sanskrit शक् (śak, “to be able”), reconstructing a putative Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷ-, albeit requiring that Sanskrit dissimilate the first labiovelar into a palatovelar.[1] However, Germanicists sought to claim that Sanskrit root as related to Proto-Germanic *hagaz (“capable”),[2] which cannot be reconciled with the Celtic forms.
Adjective
*kʷekyos[3]
- courageous, strong
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*kʷekyos
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*kʷekyou
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*kʷekyoi
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| vocative
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*kʷekye
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*kʷekyou
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*kʷekyoi
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| accusative
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*kʷekyom
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*kʷekyou
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*kʷekyoms
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| genitive
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*kʷekyī
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*kʷekyous
|
*kʷekyom
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| dative
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*kʷekyūi
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*kʷekyobom
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*kʷekyobos
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| instrumental
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*kʷekyū
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*kʷekyobim
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*kʷekyobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*kʷekyā
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*kʷekyai
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*kʷekyās
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| vocative
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*kʷekyā
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*kʷekyai
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*kʷekyās
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| accusative
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*kʷekyam
|
*kʷekyai
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*kʷekyams
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| genitive
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*kʷekyās
|
*kʷekyous
|
*kʷekyom
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| dative
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*kʷekyai
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*kʷekyābom
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*kʷekyābos
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| instrumental
|
*?
|
*kʷekyābim
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*kʷekyābis
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| neuter
|
singular
|
dual
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plural
|
| nominative
|
*kʷekyom
|
*kʷekyou
|
*kʷekyā
|
| vocative
|
*kʷekyom
|
*kʷekyou
|
*kʷekyā
|
| accusative
|
*kʷekyom
|
*kʷekyou
|
*kʷekyā
|
| genitive
|
*kʷekyī
|
*kʷekyous
|
*kʷekyom
|
| dative
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*kʷekyūi
|
*kʷekyobom
|
*kʷekyobos
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| instrumental
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*kʷekyū
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*kʷekyobim
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*kʷekyobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*kʷekyyūs
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*?
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*kʷekyyoses
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| vocative
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*kʷekyyūs
|
*?
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*kʷekyyoses
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| accusative
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*kʷekyyosam
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*?
|
*kʷekyyosams
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| genitive
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*kʷekyisos
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*?
|
*kʷekyisom
|
| dative
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*kʷekyisei
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*?
|
*kʷekyisbos
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| instrumental
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*kʷekyisī
|
*?
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*kʷekyisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*kʷekyyūs
|
*?
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*kʷekyyoses
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| vocative
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*kʷekyyūs
|
*?
|
*kʷekyyoses
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| accusative
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*kʷekyyosam
|
*?
|
*kʷekyyosams
|
| genitive
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*kʷekyisos
|
*?
|
*kʷekyisom
|
| dative
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*kʷekyisei
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*?
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*kʷekyisbos
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| instrumental
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*kʷekyisī
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*?
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*kʷekyisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*kʷekyis
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*?
|
*?
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| vocative
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*kʷekyis
|
*?
|
*?
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| accusative
|
*kʷekyis
|
*?
|
*?
|
| genitive
|
*kʷekyisos
|
*?
|
*kʷekyisom
|
| dative
|
*kʷekyisei
|
*?
|
*kʷekyisbos
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| instrumental
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*kʷekyisī
|
*?
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*kʷekyisbis
|
Derived terms
Descendants
- Classical Gaelic: cich (only in Early Modern era glosses)
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe, volume 3, number 24, →DOI, page 30
