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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anderā
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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
Etymology
Unknown; possibly related to Basque andere (“lady, woman”). Most likely from a non-IE substrate language.[1]
Schrijver, however, argues that the only reconstruction that can account for the Celtic evidence is *andēro-, and the Basque-Aquitanian word is analysable within Basque-Aquitanian, so the Celtic word would have to be a borrowing from Basque-Aquitanian. However, for phonetic reasons, the Goidelic word can only be a late borrowing into Primitive Irish.[2]
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *anderā | *anderai | *anderās |
| vocative | *anderā | *anderai | *anderās |
| accusative | *anderam | *anderai | *anderāms |
| genitive | *anderās | *anderous | *anderom |
| dative | *anderāi | *anderābom | *anderābos |
| locative | *anderai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *anderābim | *anderābis |
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- Schrijver, Peter (2011) “Irish ainder, Welsh anner, Breton annoar, Basque andere”, in David Restle, Dietmar Zaefferer, editors, Sounds and Systems: Studies in Structure and Change. A Festschrift for Theo Vennemann, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 205–19
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