Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷezdis

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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

Unknown; possibly borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate source as no Indo-European cognates appear to exist.

Noun

*kʷezdis f

  1. piece, portion

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷezdis *kʷezdī *kʷezdīs
vocative *kʷezdi *kʷezdī *kʷezdīs
accusative *kʷezdim *kʷezdī *kʷezdims
genitive *kʷezdeis *kʷezdyow *kʷezdyom
dative *kʷezdei *kʷezdibom *kʷezdibos
locative *kʷezdei *? *?
instrumental *kʷezdī *kʷezdibim *kʷezdibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *peθ
    • Middle Breton: pez
    • Cornish: peth, pyth
    • Old Welsh: ped
  • Old Irish: cuit
  • Gaulish: *pettyā
    • → Latin: pettia (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179
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