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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 1
From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós (“grabbed”).
Adjective
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kaxtos | *kaxtou | *kaxtoi |
| vocative | *kaxte | *kaxtou | *kaxtoi |
| accusative | *kaxtom | *kaxtou | *kaxtons |
| genitive | *kaxtī | *kaxtous | *kaxtom |
| dative | *kaxtūi | *kaxtobom | *kaxtobos |
| instrumental | *kaxtū | *kaxtobim | *kaxtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kaxtā | *kaxtai | *kaxtās |
| vocative | *kaxtā | *kaxtai | *kaxtās |
| accusative | *kaxtam | *kaxtai | *kaxtans |
| genitive | *kaxtās | *kaxtous | *kaxtom |
| dative | *kaxtai | *kaxtābom | *kaxtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *kaxtābim | *kaxtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kaxtom | *kaxtou | *kaxtā |
| vocative | *kaxtom | *kaxtou | *kaxtā |
| accusative | *kaxtom | *kaxtou | *kaxtā |
| genitive | *kaxtī | *kaxtous | *kaxtom |
| dative | *kaxtūi | *kaxtobom | *kaxtobos |
| instrumental | *kaxtū | *kaxtobim | *kaxtobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kaxtyūs | *? | *kaxtyoses |
| vocative | *kaxtyūs | *? | *kaxtyoses |
| accusative | *kaxtyosam | *? | *kaxtyosans |
| genitive | *kaxtisos | *? | *kaxtisom |
| dative | *kaxtisei | *? | *kaxtisbos |
| instrumental | *kaxtisī | *? | *kaxtisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kaxtyūs | *? | *kaxtyoses |
| vocative | *kaxtyūs | *? | *kaxtyoses |
| accusative | *kaxtyosam | *? | *kaxtyosans |
| genitive | *kaxtisos | *? | *kaxtisom |
| dative | *kaxtisei | *? | *kaxtisbos |
| instrumental | *kaxtisī | *? | *kaxtisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kaxtis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *kaxtis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *kaxtis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *kaxtisos | *? | *kaxtisom |
| dative | *kaxtisei | *? | *kaxtisbos |
| instrumental | *kaxtisī | *? | *kaxtisbis |
Descendants
Etymology 2
See main entry.
Noun
*kaxtos m
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kaxtos | *kaxtou | *kaxtoi |
| vocative | *kaxte | *kaxtou | *kaxtoi |
| accusative | *kaxtom | *kaxtou | *kaxtons |
| genitive | *kaxtī | *kaxtous | *kaxtom |
| dative | *kaxtūi | *kaxtobom | *kaxtobos |
| locative | *kaxtei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kaxtū | *kaxtobim | *kaxtūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *kaɨθ
- Old Irish: cacht
- Irish: cacht
- Gaulish: *kaxtos[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Moinikaxtos
- → Latin: Moenicaptus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Moinikaxtos
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kaxto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*kaxto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 57
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “caxtos”, 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 112