Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷetrVkonts

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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

Proto-Celtic numbers (edit)
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4
    Cardinal: *kʷetrVkonts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt.

Numeral

*kʷetrVkonts

  1. forty (40)

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷetrVkonts *kʷetrVkonte *kʷetrVkontes
vocative *kʷetrVkonts *kʷetrVkonte *kʷetrVkontes
accusative *kʷetrVkontam *kʷetrVkonte *kʷetrVkontans
genitive *kʷetrVkontos *kʷetrVkontou *kʷetrVkontom
dative *kʷetrVkontei *kʷetrVkontobom *kʷetrVkontobos
locative *kʷetrVkonti
instrumental *kʷetrVkonte? *kʷetrVkontobim *kʷetrVkontobis

Reconstruction notes

The identity of the second vowel of this word is uncertain, and cannot be recovered from Goidelic, which syncopated this vowel away and replaced it with an epenthetic vowel.

Descendants

  • Old Irish: cethorcho
    • Middle Irish: cethracha