Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/neɸūss

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 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	*neɸotās
genitive	*neɸotos	*neɸotou	*neɸotom
dative	*neɸotē	*neɸotobom	*neɸotobos
instrumental	*neɸote?	*neɸotobim	*neɸotobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *nei
- Old Breton: ny
  - Middle Breton: ni
    - Breton: ni
- Cornish: noi, noy
- Old Welsh: nei
  - Welsh: nai
Primitive Irish: ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta, genitive)
- Old Irish: nia
  - Irish: nia
  - Manx: neear

References

“Celtic Lexicon”, in University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies‎, 2003

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