Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tanā

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”).

Noun

*tanā f

1. (point in) time

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tanā	*tanai	*tanās
vocative	*tanā	*tanai	*tanās
accusative	*tanam	*tanai	*tanāms
genitive	*tanās	*tanous	*tanom
dative	*tanāi	*tanābom	*tanābos
locative	*tanai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*tanābim	*tanābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *tan
  • Old Breton: tan, dan
  • Middle Cornish: tan
    • Cornish: tann, yn-dann
  • Middle Welsh: tan
    • Welsh: tan
• Old Irish: tan

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367