Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nekʷos

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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 *ne (negator) +‎ *kʷos (“who?”).

Pronoun

*nekʷos m

  1. someone, anyone

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nekʷos *nekʷou *nekʷoi
vocative *nekʷe *nekʷou *nekoi
accusative *nekʷom *nekʷou *nekons
genitive *nekʷī *nekʷous *nekʷom
dative *nekūi *nekʷobom *nekʷobos
locative *nekʷei *? *?
instrumental *nekū *nekʷobim *nekʷūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *neb
    • Old Breton: nep
      • Breton: nep (as a determiner), neb (as a pronoun)
    • Middle Cornish: nep, neb
    • Old Welsh: nep
  • Old Irish: nech (as a pronoun), nach (as a determiner)
    • Middle Irish: nech (as a pronoun), nach (as a determiner)
  • Gaulish: nepon (acc. sg.)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nekʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 287
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