Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/krīkʷā

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

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“post”), though this would yield an unexpected lengthened earlier form of *krēkʷ-. Compare Old Norse hræll (“weaver's rod”), Lithuanian krẽklas (“rafters”),[1] for which see Ancient Greek κρόσσαι (króssai, “steps of a pyramid”) for more.

Noun

*krīkʷā f[1]

  1. trench, furrow, boundary

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *krīkʷā *krīkʷai *krīkʷās
vocative *krīkʷā *krīkʷai *krīkʷās
accusative *krīkʷam *krīkʷai *krīkʷāns
genitive *krīkʷās *krīkʷous *krīkʷom
dative *krīkʷāi *krīkʷābom *krīkʷābos
locative *krīkʷai *? *?
instrumental *? *krīkʷābim *krīkʷābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *krib
    • Middle Breton: crib (“comb”)
    • Cornish: cryb
    • Old Welsh: crip
      • Middle Welsh: crib
        • Welsh: crib (“comb”)
  • Old Irish: crích

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*krīkʷā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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