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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yextis
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.

Contents
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Noun
Declension
Descendants
References

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yek- ‎(“to say”‎).

Noun

*yextis f[1]

1. language, speech

Declension
Masculine/feminine i-stem [more ▼]

Descendants
Proto-Brythonic: *jeiθ
Breton: yezh
Cornish: yeth
Middle Welsh: ieith
Welsh: iaith

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Old Irish: icht ‎(“race, people, tribe”‎)

References
1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*yextV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-
European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 435 (https://archive.or
g/details/EtymologicalDictionaryOfProtoCeltic/page/n437?view=theater)

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