cacht

Irish (Donegal)

/kaxt̪ˠ/

noun

Definitions

(literary) confinement, bondage
(literary) duress, hardship; privation

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish cacht (captive, chain) inherited from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós (grabbed).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kh₂ptós

Gloss

grabbed

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

chétif English
captīvus Latin
chétif French
chétivement French
*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
*kh₂ptós Proto-Indo-European
*haftaz Proto-Germanic
chaitif Old French
cacht Old Irish
*kaxtos Proto-Celtic
*kaɨθ Proto-Brythonic
caxtos xtg