Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenkʷetos

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

Proto-Celtic numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: *kʷenkʷe
    Ordinal: *kʷenkʷetos, *kʷenxtos

Etymology

From *kʷenkʷe +‎ *-tos or +‎ *-etos, mostly replacing inherited *kʷenxtos.

Adjective

*kʷenkʷetos

  1. fifth

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *kʷenkʷetos *kʷenkʷetou *kʷenkʷetoi
vocative *kʷenkʷete *kʷenkʷetou *kʷenkʷetoi
accusative *kʷenkʷetom *kʷenkʷetou *kʷenkʷetons
genitive *kʷenkʷetī *kʷenkʷetous *kʷenkʷetom
dative *kʷenkʷetūi *kʷenkʷetobom *kʷenkʷetobos
instrumental *kʷenkʷetū *kʷenkʷetobim *kʷenkʷetobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *kʷenkʷetā *kʷenkʷetai *kʷenkʷetās
vocative *kʷenkʷetā *kʷenkʷetai *kʷenkʷetās
accusative *kʷenkʷetam *kʷenkʷetai *kʷenkʷetans
genitive *kʷenkʷetās *kʷenkʷetous *kʷenkʷetom
dative *kʷenkʷetai *kʷenkʷetābom *kʷenkʷetābos
instrumental *? *kʷenkʷetābim *kʷenkʷetābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *kʷenkʷetom *kʷenkʷetou *kʷenkʷetā
vocative *kʷenkʷetom *kʷenkʷetou *kʷenkʷetā
accusative *kʷenkʷetom *kʷenkʷetou *kʷenkʷetā
genitive *kʷenkʷetī *kʷenkʷetous *kʷenkʷetom
dative *kʷenkʷetūi *kʷenkʷetobom *kʷenkʷetobos
instrumental *kʷenkʷetū *kʷenkʷetobim *kʷenkʷetobis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *pɨmped
    • Middle Breton: pempet
      • Breton: pempet, pempvet
    • Middle Cornish: pympes
    • Old Welsh: pimphet
      • Middle Welsh: pymhed
  • Old Irish: cóiced
  • Gaulish: pinpetos