Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tantus
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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 *tén-tu-s ~ *tn̥-téw-s, from *ten- (“to stretch”). Contains *-tus.
Noun[edit]
*tantus m[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *tantus | *tantū | *tantowes |
| vocative | *tantu | *tantū | *tantūs |
| accusative | *tantum | *tantū | *tantums |
| genitive | *tantous | *tantous | *tantowom |
| dative | *tantou | *tantubom | *tantubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *tantū | *tantubim | *tantubis |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Reconstruction notes[edit]
The inflection of the word in Goidelic was unstable, leading to scholarly confusion. The Old Irish glosses attest masculine u-stem inflection, but later Gaelic shifted it to ā-stem inflection.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Irslinger, Britta (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen (Indogermanische Bibliothek : Reihe 3) (in German), C. Winter, →ISBN, page 134
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tantā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 369-370