Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nekʷe
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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
Parallel combinations of *ne and *-kʷe also appear in Latin neque[1] and Proto-Germanic *nehw.
Particle
*nekʷe
Conjunction
*nekʷe
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *nag (with delabialization)
- Old Irish: nách (combined with copula), nach (used as a negative relative conjunction involving pronouns)
- Celtiberian: nekue (“not, nor”)
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 287