Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tondā
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to cut off”), similar to Latin tondeo.
Noun[edit]
*tondā f[1]
Declension[edit]
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *tondā | *tondai | *tondās |
| vocative | *tondā | *tondai | *tondās |
| accusative | *tondam | *tondai | *tondāms |
| genitive | *tondās | *tondous | *tondom |
| dative | *tondāi | *tondābom | *tondābos |
| locative | *tondai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *tondābim | *tondābis |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: tonn, tond
- Gaulish: *tondā
- >? Gallaecian:
- → Galician: tona (“surface; skin; film; bark”)
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tonda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 383