Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanti

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

Alternative forms

*kanta (for Irish)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-ti-, from *ḱóm (“with”).^[1] See also *kom- (“with”). Closely related to *kantyos (“gathering”).

Preposition

*kanti^[2]

together with

Reconstruction notes

The Irish prefix is from an alternative form *kanta; the Brittonic forms can come from either *kanti or *kanta.

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gant
- Old Breton: cant
  - Breton: gant
- Old Cornish: cant
  - Cornish: gans
- Middle Welsh: cant
  - Welsh: gan
Old Irish: cét- (rare)
Gaulish: canti, ⇒ soccanti

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kanti”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kanti”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188

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