caithid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *katyeti. Matasović assumes, based on the Gaulish source of Latin catēia (projectile), that the meaning throw was primary, even though that meaning is not attested until Middle Irish.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.θʲəðʲ/, [ˈkaθʲiðʲ]

Verb

caithid (prototonic ·caithi, verbal noun caithem)

  1. to consume, use up, eat up

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: caithid (use, consume; throw)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
caithid chaithid caithid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kat-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 195-196

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