Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/elantī

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-.

Noun

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*elantī f[1]

  1. doe, hind

Declension

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Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *elantī *elantī *elantiyās
vocative *elantī *elantī *elantiyās
accusative *elantīm *elantī *elantīms
genitive *elantyās *elantyous *elantyom
dative *elantyai *elantyābom *elantyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *elantyābim *elantyābis

Descendants

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  • Gaulish: Elantia
  • Old Irish: elit, ailit[2]

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*elan(t)ī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elit, ailit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language