Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantos

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

Uncertain. Pokorny constructs a Proto-Indo-European *kan-tho- and compares *kh₂em- (“to bend”).^[1] Compare Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ (“corner”). Less certain is a relation with Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).^[2]

Noun

*kantos ?

corner
rim

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Breton: kant
- Welsh: cant
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Cantio
  - → Latin: Cantium
    - Italian: Canzio
    - → Old English: Cent
      - Middle English: Kent, Kente, Kentt
        English: Kent
  - Welsh: Caint
Gaulish: *cantos
- → Latin: cantus

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “526-27”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 526-27
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “526-27”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 526-27

[2] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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