Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skētos

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 *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Latin scūtum, Russian щит (ščit), and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).

Noun

*skētos m

shield, protection

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skētos	*skētou	*skētoi
vocative	*skēte	*skētou	*skētūs
accusative	*skētom	*skētou	*skētoms
genitive	*skētī	*skētous	*skētom
dative	*skētūi	*skētobom	*skētobos
locative	*skētei	*?	*?
instrumental	*skētū	*skētobim	*skētūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *skuɨd
- Breton: skoed
- Cornish: skoes
- Welsh: ysgwyd
Old Irish: scíath
- Irish: sciath
- Scottish Gaelic: sgiath

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