P-Celtn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːˌkɛlt/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌkɛlt/

Forms: 1800s– P-Celt, 1900s– P-Kelt. Also with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: P n., Celt n.¹

Etymology: < P n. + Celt n.¹, so called on account of the sound change described in the definition of P-Celtic adj. Compare Q-Celt n. and later P-Celtic adj.

A member of any of various ancient peoples speaking languages belonging to the P-Celtic group of Celtic languages. Cf. P-Celtic adj., Celt n.¹ 1b.

ΚΠ

1890 J. Rhys in Sc. Rev. Apr. 242 The Brythons and the Gauls make up one larger group, which I have ventured to term briefly, P Celts, while the Celticans and Goidels make up another, which may be similarly termed Q Celts.

1907 T. Rice Holmes Anc. Brit. & Invasion of Julius Caesar ix. 410 An inscription found at Géligneux in the department of the Ain contains a word, petru-decametos, which belongs to the language of the P Celts.

1949 Antiquity 23 27 The Ulaid (the Ulstermen of the Saga), were once P-Celts, in O'Rahilly's view.

2008 Proc. Harvard Celtic Colloquium 28 96 An assumption which would hold with Forsyth's view that the Picts were P-Celts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	p-celt
释义	P-Celtn. Brit. /ˈpiːˌkɛlt/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkɛlt/ Forms: 1800s– P-Celt, 1900s– P-Kelt. Also with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: P n., Celt n.¹ Etymology: < P n. + Celt n.¹, so called on account of the sound change described in the definition of P-Celtic adj. Compare Q-Celt n. and later P-Celtic adj. A member of any of various ancient peoples speaking languages belonging to the P-Celtic group of Celtic languages. Cf. P-Celtic adj., Celt n.¹ 1b. ΚΠ 1890 J. Rhys in Sc. Rev. Apr. 242 The Brythons and the Gauls make up one larger group, which I have ventured to term briefly, P Celts, while the Celticans and Goidels make up another, which may be similarly termed Q Celts. 1907 T. Rice Holmes Anc. Brit. & Invasion of Julius Caesar ix. 410 An inscription found at Géligneux in the department of the Ain contains a word, petru-decametos, which belongs to the language of the P Celts. 1949 Antiquity 23 27 The Ulaid (the Ulstermen of the Saga), were once P-Celts, in O'Rahilly's view. 2008 Proc. Harvard Celtic Colloquium 28 96 An assumption which would hold with Forsyth's view that the Picts were P-Celts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1890
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