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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kritos

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 *krit-, from *(s)kreyt-, *(s)ker- (“twist, turn, bend”), see also Latin crīsāre.[1]

Noun

*kritos m[2][3]

  1. fever, trembling, shaking

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kritos *kritou *kritoi
vocative *krite *kritou *kritūs
accusative *kritom *kritou *kritoms
genitive *kritī *kritous *kritom
dative *kritūi *kritobom *kritobos
locative *kritei *? *?
instrumental *kritū *kritobim *kritūis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: crit
    • Cornish: dor-gryz
    • Old Welsh: crit
      • Middle Welsh: crid
  • Old Irish: crith

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “935-938”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 935-938
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krito-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
  3. Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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