Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenxtos

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Proto-Celtic

Proto-Celtic numbers (edit)
,  ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: *kʷenkʷe
    Ordinal: *kʷenkʷetos, *kʷenxtos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós, ordinal to *pénkʷe.[1]

Adjective

*kʷenxtos

  1. fifth (5th)
    Synonym: *kʷenkʷetos

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *kʷenxtos *kʷenxtou *kʷenxtoi
vocative *kʷenxte *kʷenxtou *kʷenxtoi
accusative *kʷenxtom *kʷenxtou *kʷenxtons
genitive *kʷenxtī *kʷenxtous *kʷenxtom
dative *kʷenxtūi *kʷenxtobom *kʷenxtobos
instrumental *kʷenxtū *kʷenxtobim *kʷenxtobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *kʷenxtā *kʷenxtai *kʷenxtās
vocative *kʷenxtā *kʷenxtai *kʷenxtās
accusative *kʷenxtam *kʷenxtai *kʷenxtans
genitive *kʷenxtās *kʷenxtous *kʷenxtom
dative *kʷenxtai *kʷenxtābom *kʷenxtābos
instrumental *? *kʷenxtābim *kʷenxtābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *kʷenxtom *kʷenxtou *kʷenxtā
vocative *kʷenxtom *kʷenxtou *kʷenxtā
accusative *kʷenxtom *kʷenxtou *kʷenxtā
genitive *kʷenxtī *kʷenxtous *kʷenxtom
dative *kʷenxtūi *kʷenxtobom *kʷenxtobos
instrumental *kʷenxtū *kʷenxtobim *kʷenxtobis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Stifter, David (2012) “Le plomb gaulois de Rezé”, in Études Celtiques, volume 38, page 158
  2. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2014-2015) “The Indo-European ordinal numerals ‘fourth’ and ‘fifth’ and the reconstruction of the Celtic and Italic numeral systems”, in Die Sprache, volume 51, number 1, pages 1-50