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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/genetā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-eteh₂. Compare Oscan genetaí (“daughter”, dative singular) and Latin (primo-)genitus.
Noun
*genetā f
- young girl
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *genetā | *genetai | *genetās |
| vocative | *genetā | *genetai | *genetās |
| accusative | *genetam | *genetai | *genetāms |
| genitive | *genetās | *genetous | *genetom |
| dative | *genetāi | *genetābom | *genetābos |
| locative | *genetai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *genetābim | *genetābis |
Descendants
- Welsh: geneth (from *genettā with expressive gemination)
- Gaulish: geneta, genata, gnata
References
- Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise, Xavier Delamarre.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157