Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantyos

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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]

Nominal derivative of *kanti (together with), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-ti-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (next to, with, along). Cognate with Proto-Italic *komitis (going together) (compare Latin comitia (people's assembly), comitium (election place)).

Noun[edit]

*kantyos m

  1. assembly, gathering

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kantyos *kantyou *kantyoi
vocative *kantye *kantyou *kantyūs
accusative *kantyom *kantyou *kantyoms
genitive *kantyī *kantyous *kantyom
dative *kantyūi *kantyobom *kantyobos
locative *kantyei *? *?
instrumental *kantyū *kantyobim *kantyūis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *cantio
  • Old Irish: céite
  • Gaulish: *kantyos, cantio-