Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kengets
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *keng- (“to step, walk (lamely), tread”) + *-ets.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kengets | *kengete | *kengetes |
| vocative | *kengets | *kengete | *kengetes |
| accusative | *kengetam | *kengete | *kengetans |
| genitive | *kengetos | *kengetou | *kengetom |
| dative | *kengetei | *kengetobom | *kengetobos |
| locative | *kengeti | — | — |
| instrumental | *kengete? | *kengetobim | *kengetobis |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Irish: cing
- Gaulish: Cinges, Cinceđ, *cingeto- (in personal names)
- → Latin: Cinges
- →⇒ Latin: Cingetorix
- →⇒ Latin: Vercingetorix
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kenget-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200