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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/noxs

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 Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun

*noxs f

  1. night

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *noxts *noxte *noxtes
vocative *noxts *noxte *noxtes
accusative *noxtam *noxte *noxtams
genitive *noxtos *noxtou *noxtom
dative *noxtei *noxtobom *noxtobos
locative *noxti
instrumental *noxte? *noxtobim *noxtobis

Derived terms

Unsorted formations
  • Middle Welsh: peunoeth (every night), mein(i)oeth (midnight)
  • Welsh: trannoeth (overnight, tomorrow)

Descendants

Note: The Brythonic words (Welsh nos, Cornish nos, Breton noz and their ancestors) may be from this word, but they may also be loanwords from Latin nox.

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