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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swexstos

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

Alternative forms

  • *swexsetos (Insular)[1]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱstos, from *swéḱs (six) + *-tos (-th). Equivalent to *swexs + *-tos.

Insular branches have remodeled the suffix to *-etos.[1]

Adjective

Proto-Celtic ordinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *swexs
    Ordinal : *swexstos

*swexstos

  1. sixth

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *swextos *swextou *swextoi
vocative *swexte *swextou *swextoi
accusative *swextom *swextou *swextoms
genitive *swextī *swextous *swextom
dative *swextūi *swextobom *swextobos
instrumental *swextū *swextobim *swextobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *swextā *swextai *swextās
vocative *swextā *swextai *swextās
accusative *swextam *swextai *swextams
genitive *swextās *swextous *swextom
dative *swextai *swextābom *swextābos
instrumental *? *swextābim *swextābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *swextom *swextou *swextā
vocative *swextom *swextou *swextā
accusative *swextom *swextou *swextā
genitive *swextī *swextous *swextom
dative *swextūi *swextobom *swextobos
instrumental *swextū *swextobim *swextobis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *hwexed
    • Breton: c'houecved
    • Cornish: whefes
    • Middle Welsh: chwechet
  • Old Irish: seissed, sessed
  • Gaulish: suexos

References

  1. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “suexos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 286:celtique insulaire a une forme *suexsetos
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