Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nizdos

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 *nisdós.

Noun

*nizdos m

1. nest

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nisdos	*nisdou	*nisdoi
vocative	*nisde	*nisdou	*nisdūs
accusative	*nisdom	*nisdou	*nisdoms
genitive	*nisdī	*nisdous	*nisdom
dative	*nisdūi	*nisdobom	*nisdobos
locative	*nisdei	*?	*?
instrumental	*nisdū	*nisdobim	*nisdūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *nɨθ
  • Middle Breton: nez
    • Breton: neizh, nezh
  • Old Cornish: neid
    • Middle Cornish: nyth
      • Cornish: neyth
  • Middle Welsh: nyth
    • Welsh: nyth
• Old Irish: net
  • Irish: nead
  • Scottish Gaelic: nead
  • Manx: edd (“nest”)

References

• Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales