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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tantus

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

From Proto-Indo-European *tén-tu-s ~ *tn̥-téw-s, from *ten- (“to stretch”). Contains *-tus.

Noun

*tantus m[1]

  1. cord
  2. string

Inflection
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tantus *tantū *tantowes
vocative *tantu *tantū *tantūs
accusative *tantum *tantū *tantums
genitive *tantous *tantous *tantowom
dative *tantou *tantubom *tantubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *tantū *tantubim *tantubis

Alternative reconstructions

Reconstruction notes

The inflection of the word in Goidelic was unstable, leading to scholarly confusion. The Old Irish glosses attest masculine u-stem inflection, but later Gaelic shifted it to ā-stem inflection.

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *tant
    • Old Breton: tanntou pl
      • Breton: tant (“cord”)
    • Old Welsh: tantou pl
  • Old Irish: tét (“cord, string”)

References
  1. Irslinger, Britta (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen (Indogermanische Bibliothek : Reihe 3) (in German), C. Winter, →ISBN, page 134
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tantā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 369-370
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