Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/altēn

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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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Unknown; most likely from a non-IE substrate language. Attested only in the Insular Celtic languages.[1]

Noun

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*altēn f[1]

  1. razor

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: ailt

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*alten-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 30