Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nextī

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

Alternative forms

*nextā

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂.

Noun

*nextī f [1]

niece

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nextī	*nextī	*nextyās
vocative	*nextī	*nextī	*nextyās
accusative	*nextīm	*nextī	*nextīs
genitive	*nextyās	*nextyous	*nextyom
dative	*nextyai	*nextyābom	*nextyābos
instrumental	*?	*nextyābim	*nextyābis

Descendants

In Goidelic, the word was reformed as an ā-stem, *nextā.

Brythonic: *nėθ
- Old Breton: nith
  - Middle Breton: nyz
    - Breton: nizh
- Old Cornish: noit
  - Cornish: nith
- Old Welsh:
  - Middle Welsh: nith
    - Welsh: nith
Old Irish: necht
- Irish: neacht

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN