Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambaxtos

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 *ambi- (“around”) +‎ *ageti (“to drive”) +‎ *-tos.

Noun

*ambaxtos m[1]

  1. servant

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ambaxtos *ambaxtou *ambaxtoi
vocative *ambaxte *ambaxtou *ambaxtoi
accusative *ambaxtom *ambaxtou *ambaxtons
genitive *ambaxtī *ambaxtous *ambaxtom
dative *ambaxtūi *ambaxtobom *ambaxtobos
locative *ambaxtei *? *?
instrumental *ambaxtū *ambaxtobim *ambaxtūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ammaɨθ
    • Old Breton: ambaith
    • Cornish: ammeth
    • Middle Welsh: amaeth
  • Old Irish: amos, amsach (perhaps borrowed from Brythonic)
  • Gaulish: ambaxtos
    • → Latin: ambactus, ambaxtus[2] (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Germanic: *ambahtaz (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ambaxto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
  2. ^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves; Pinault, Georges-Jean (2007), Gaulois et celtique continental‎[1], page 191
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