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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.
Noun
*noxs f
- night
Declension
Masculine/feminine consonant stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*noxts
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*noxte
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*noxtes
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vocative
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*noxts
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*noxte
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*noxtes
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accusative
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*noxtam
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*noxte
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*noxtams
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genitive
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*noxtos
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*noxtou
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*noxtom
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dative
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*noxtei
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*noxtobom
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*noxtobos
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locative
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*noxti
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instrumental
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*noxte?
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*noxtobim
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*noxtobis
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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
- ^ 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’”
- ^ 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