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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mrixtos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥gʷ-tó-s, from *mergʷ- (“dark, coloured”) + *-tós.
Adjective
*mrixtos[1]
- painted, speckled
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mrixtos | *mrixtou | *mrixtoi |
| vocative | *mrixte | *mrixtou | *mrixtūs |
| accusative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtoms |
| genitive | *mrixtī | *mrixtous | *mrixtom |
| dative | *mrixtūi | *mrixtobom | *mrixtobos |
| instrumental | *mrixtū | *mrixtobim | *mrixtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mrixtā | *mrixtai | *mrixtās |
| vocative | *mrixtā | *mrixtai | *mrixtās |
| accusative | *mrixtam | *mrixtai | *mrixtams |
| genitive | *mrixtās | *mrixtous | *mrixtom |
| dative | *mrixtai | *mrixtābom | *mrixtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *mrixtābim | *mrixtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtā |
| vocative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtā |
| accusative | *mrixtom | *mrixtou | *mrixtā |
| genitive | *mrixtī | *mrixtous | *mrixtom |
| dative | *mrixtūi | *mrixtobom | *mrixtobos |
| instrumental | *mrixtū | *mrixtobim | *mrixtobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *briθ
- Middle Breton: briz
- Breton: brizh
- Cornish: bruit
- Old Welsh: brith
- Welsh: brith
- Middle Breton: briz
- Old Irish: mrecht
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mrixto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 280