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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/natrixs

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *(s)neh₁tr-, though Matasović would rather fancy a connection to to *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”) instead.[1]

Noun

*natrixs f

  1. snake

Declension
Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *natrixs *natrike *natrikes
vocative *natrixs *natrike *natrikes
accusative *natrikam *natrike *natrikās
genitive *natrikos *natrikou *natrikom
dative *natrikē *natrikobom *natrikobos
instrumental *natrike? *natrikobim *natrikobis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: nathir
  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: natrolion pl
      • Middle Breton: nazr, aezr
        • Breton: nàer
    • Old Cornish: nader
    • Welsh: neidr

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “natrik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 284
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