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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/abrants

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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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From *abr- +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs. Cognate with Latin frōns (forhead).[1]

Noun

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*abrants m[1]

  1. eyelid

Declension

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Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *abrants *abrante *abrantes
vocative *abrants *abrante *abrantes
accusative *abrantam *abrante *abrantams
genitive *abrantos *abrantou *abrantom
dative *abrantei *abrantobom *abrantobos
locative *abranti
instrumental *abrante? *abrantobim *abrantobis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *abrant
    • Breton: abrant
    • Cornish: abrans
    • Middle Welsh: amrant
  • Old Irish: abrae m

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brū-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 80