Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nantos

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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]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly related to *nemetom (sacred place).[1]

Noun[edit]

*nantos m[1]

  1. stream, river
  2. valley

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nantos *nantou *nantoi
vocative *nante *nantou *nantūs
accusative *nantom *nantou *nantoms
genitive *nantī *nantous *nantom
dative *nantūi *nantobom *nantobos
locative *nantei *? *?
instrumental *nantū *nantobim *nantūis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *nant
    • Middle Breton: nant
    • Old Cornish: nans
    • Middle Welsh: nant
  • Gaulish: nantos

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nanto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283