Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noxs

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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 *nókʷts.

Noun

*noxs f

  1. night

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *noxts *noxte *noxtes
vocative *noxts *noxte *noxtes
accusative *noxtam *noxte *noxtams
genitive *noxtos *noxtou *noxtom
dative *noxtei *noxtobom *noxtobos
locative *noxti
instrumental *noxte? *noxtobim *noxtobis

Derived terms

Unsorted formations

Descendants

Note: The Brythonic words (Welsh nos, Cornish nos, Breton noz and their ancestors) may be from this word, but they may also be loanwords from Latin nox.

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 38:*se-nokʷt- ‘this night’
  2. ^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “henoid”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 82-83:*se-noχt IE *so-, and *nekʷ-t-

Further reading

  • Koch, John (2004) “night *nokʷ-, *noxto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 233
  • Williams, Robert (1865) “haneth”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 210
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*noxtV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 293-294