Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krīkʷā

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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 *krek- (“post”), though this would yield an unexpected lengthened earlier form of *krēkʷ-. Or, from *krey- (“to sift, separate”).[1]

Noun

*krīkʷā f[2]

  1. trench, furrow, boundary

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krīkʷā *krīkʷai *krīkʷās
vocative *krīkʷā *krīkʷai *krīkʷās
accusative *krīkʷam *krīkʷai *krīkʷāms
genitive *krīkʷās *krīkʷous *krīkʷom
dative *krīkʷāi *krīkʷābom *krīkʷābos
locative *krīkʷai *? *?
instrumental *? *krīkʷābim *krīkʷābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: crích

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “crìoch”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 107
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krīkʷā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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