Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷuts

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

Alternative forms

  • *kʷum (used with *-kʷe + pronoun)

Etymology

Cognates are few and far between. The most obvious cognate is Proto-Slavic *kъ(n) (“to”). Another possible cognate is the first element of Latin usque (“up to”).[1]

Preposition

*kʷuts

  1. to, toward

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *puh
    • Middle Welsh: py, pwy (only used in conjunction with o (“from”))
      • ⇒ Middle Welsh: pwygilydd, py gilydd
        • Welsh: pwygilydd
  • Old Irish: co

References

  1. ^ McCone, Kim (1993) “Varia II. Old Irish co, cucci 'as far as (him, it)' and Latin usque 'as far as'”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 44, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 171–176
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
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