Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸetnos

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 *péth₂r̥.

Noun

*ɸetnos m

1. bird

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸetnos	*ɸetnou	*ɸetnoi
vocative	*ɸetne	*ɸetnou	*ɸetnūs
accusative	*ɸetnom	*ɸetnou	*ɸetnoms
genitive	*ɸetnī	*ɸetnous	*ɸetnom
dative	*ɸetnūi	*ɸetnobom	*ɸetnobos
locative	*ɸetnei	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸetnū	*ɸetnobim	*ɸetnūis

Descendants

• Brythonic: *edn
  • Middle Breton: ezn
    • Breton: evn
  • Old Cornish: hethen
    • Middle Cornish: edhyn, ethen
      • Cornish: edhen
  • Middle Welsh: edyn
    • Welsh: edn
• Old Irish: én
  • Irish: éan
  • Manx: eean
  • Scottish Gaelic: eun
• Gaulish: Etnosus

Derived terms

• *ɸatanī
  • Old Irish: ette
  • Proto-Brythonic: *adėn
    • Welsh: adain