caithid

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.θʲəðʲ/, [ˈkaθʲiðʲ]

Verb[edit]

caithid (prototonic ·caithi, verbal noun caithem)

  1. to consume, use up, eat up

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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[edit]

  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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