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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sexskā
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Proto-Celtic
Alternative forms
- *sexskis
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Noun
*sexskā f[1]
- rushes, sedge
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sexskā | *sexskai | *sexskās |
| vocative | *sexskā | *sexskai | *sexskās |
| accusative | *sexskam | *sexskai | *sexskāms |
| genitive | *sexskās | *sexskous | *sexskom |
| dative | *sexskāi | *sexskābom | *sexskābos |
| locative | *sexskai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *sexskābim | *sexskābis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: hesq
- Breton: hesk
- Cornish: heschen, hesc
- Middle Welsh: hescenn
- Welsh: hesg
- Middle Breton: hesq
- Middle Irish: seisc (<*sexskis)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sex-skā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 331