Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸatar

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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 *péth₂r̥ (wing), retaining the old r/n stem alternation between the nominative and the oblique cases.[1]

Noun[edit]

*ɸatar n

  1. a winged creature, bird

Inflection[edit]

Neuter consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸatar *ɸatane *ɸatana
vocative *ɸatar *ɸatane *ɸatana
accusative *ɸatar *ɸatane *ɸatana
genitive *ɸatanos *ɸatanou *ɸatanom
dative *ɸatanē *ɸatanobom *ɸatanobos
locative *ɸatani *? *?
instrumental *ɸatane? *ɸatanobim *ɸatanobis

Derived terms[edit]

  • *ɸatanī
    • Middle Welsh: adain
  • *ɸetnos

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126