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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nixtos
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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 Proto-Indo-European *nik-tó-s, from *neyk- (“to winnow”) + *-tós.
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *niθ
- Old Irish: *necht
- ⇒ Old Irish: cruthnecht, cruithnecht (possibly + cruth (“form”)[2] or Cruithen (“Pict”)[3])
- Irish: cruithneacht
- Manx: curnaght
- Scottish Gaelic: cruithneachd
- ⇒ Old Irish: cruthnecht, cruithnecht (possibly + cruth (“form”)[2] or Cruithen (“Pict”)[3])
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nixt-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cruithnecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Wilson, James (1911), “Part 5. Agriculture and Its History”, in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, volume 31: A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and of the Adjoining District, Royal Irish Academy, JSTOR 20520547, page 24
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