< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nextī
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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 | *nextīms |
| genitive | *nextyās | *nextyous | *nextyom |
| dative | *nextyai | *nextyābom | *nextyābos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *nextyābim | *nextyābis |
Descendants
In Goidelic, the word was reformed as an ā-stem, *nextā.
- Proto-Brythonic: *nėθ
- Old Breton: nith
- Middle Breton: nyz
- Breton: nizh
- Middle Breton: nyz
- Old Cornish: noit
- Cornish: nith
- Old Welsh:
- Middle Welsh: nith
- Welsh: nith
- Middle Welsh: nith
- Old Breton: 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