Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ambaxtos

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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

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Etymology

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From *ambi- (around) +‎ *ageti (to drive) +‎ *-tos.

Noun

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*ambaxtos m

  1. servant

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ambaxtos *ambaxtou *ambaxtoi
vocative *ambaxte *ambaxtou *ambaxtoi
accusative *ambaxtom *ambaxtou *ambaxtoms
genitive *ambaxtī *ambaxtous *ambaxtom
dative *ambaxtūi *ambaxtobom *ambaxtobos
locative *ambaxtei *? *?
instrumental *ambaxtū *ambaxtobim *ambaxtūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *ammaɨθ
    • Old Breton: ambaith
    • Cornish: ammeth
    • Middle Welsh: amaeth
  • Old Irish: amos, amsach (perhaps borrowed from Brythonic)
  • Gaulish: ambaxtos

References

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  1. ^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Pinault, Georges-Jean (2007) Gaulois et celtique continental[1], page 191