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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/neɸūss
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *népōts.
Noun
*neɸūss m
- nephew
Declension
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *neɸūs | *neɸote | *neɸotes |
| vocative | *neɸūs | *neɸote | *neɸotes |
| accusative | *neɸotam | *neɸote | *neɸotams |
| genitive | *neɸotos | *neɸotou | *neɸotom |
| dative | *neɸotei | *neɸotobom | *neɸotobos |
| locative | *neɸoti | — | — |
| instrumental | *neɸote? | *neɸotobim | *neɸotobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *nei
- Old Breton: ny
- Middle Breton: ni
- Breton: ni
- Middle Breton: ni
- Cornish: noi, noy
- Old Welsh: nei
- Welsh: nai
- Old Breton: ny
- Primitive Irish: ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta, genitive)
- Old Irish: nia
- Irish: nia
- Manx: neear
- Old Irish: nia
References
- “Celtic Lexicon”, in University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2003