Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷetrutos

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)**
← 3	4	5 → ^,
Cardinal: kʷetwores Ordinal: kʷetwariyos, *kʷetrutos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥tós with a metathesis of sonorants.^[1]

Adjective

*kʷetrutos

fourth (4th)
Synonym: *kʷetwariyos

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷetrutos	*kʷetrutou	*kʷetrutoi
vocative	*kʷetrute	*kʷetrutou	*kʷetrutoi
accusative	*kʷetrutom	*kʷetrutou	*kʷetrutons
genitive	*kʷetrutī	*kʷetrutous	*kʷetrutom
dative	*kʷetrutūi	*kʷetrutobom	*kʷetrutobos
instrumental	*kʷetrutū	*kʷetrutobim	*kʷetrutobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷetrutā	*kʷetrutai	*kʷetrutās
vocative	*kʷetrutā	*kʷetrutai	*kʷetrutās
accusative	*kʷetrutam	*kʷetrutai	*kʷetrutans
genitive	*kʷetrutās	*kʷetrutous	*kʷetrutom
dative	*kʷetrutai	*kʷetrutābom	*kʷetrutābos
instrumental	*?	*kʷetrutābim	*kʷetrutābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷetrutom	*kʷetrutou	*kʷetrutā
vocative	*kʷetrutom	*kʷetrutou	*kʷetrutā
accusative	*kʷetrutom	*kʷetrutou	*kʷetrutā
genitive	*kʷetrutī	*kʷetrutous	*kʷetrutom
dative	*kʷetrutūi	*kʷetrutobom	*kʷetrutobos
instrumental	*kʷetrutū	*kʷetrutobim	*kʷetrutobis

Descendants

Gaulish: paetrute

References

^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Stifter, David (2012) “Le plomb gaulois de Rezé”, in Études Celtiques, volume 38, page 157

[1] Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Stifter, David (2012) “Le plomb gaulois de Rezé”, in Études Celtiques, volume 38, page 157

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