Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/adaxstrom

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From *ad-ageti (“to drive”) +‎ *-strom (instrumental suffix).[1]

Noun

*adaxstrom n

  1. halter, bridle

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *adaxstrom *adaxstrou *adaxstrā
vocative *adaxstrom *adaxstrou *adaxstrā
accusative *adaxstrom *adaxstrou *adaxstrā
genitive *adaxstrī *adaxstrous *adaxstrom
dative *adaxstrūi *adaxstrobom *adaxstrobos
locative *adaxstrei *? *?
instrumental *adaxstrū *adaxstrobim *adaxstrūis

Descendants

  • ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *ėdėstr (“horse, foal; i.e. something ridden with a halter”)
    • Middle Welsh: eddystr, eddestr, etystir
      • Welsh: eddystr, eddestr
  • Old Irish: adastor

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter (2022) “The Development of Proto-Celtic *st in British Celtic”, in Simon Rodway, Jenny Rowland, and Erich Poppe, editors, Celts, Gaels, and Britons: Studies in Language and Literature from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Honour of Patrick Sims-Williams (Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe), Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, →ISBN
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