étan
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *antonos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“forehead”).[1] Related to Latin antiae (“forelocks”). Compare Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”) and *umbi (“around”).
Noun
[edit]étan m
Inflection
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | étan | étanL | étainL |
| vocative | étain | étanL | étanuH |
| accusative | étanN | étanL | étanuH |
| genitive | étainL | étan | étanN |
| dative | étanL | étanaib | étanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| étan (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-étan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*antono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39