Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karants
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Fossilized present active participle of *karāyeti (“to love, desire”). Equivalent to *karos (“dear, beloved”) + *-ants. Suggested to be a parallel formation with Tocharian B krent (“good, good person”), however, this is now widely rejected.[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]*karants m
Declension
[edit]| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *karants | *karante | *karantes |
| vocative | *karants | *karante | *karantes |
| accusative | *karantam | *karante | *karantams |
| genitive | *karantos | *karantou | *karantom |
| dative | *karantei | *karantobom | *karantobos |
| locative | *karanti | — | — |
| instrumental | *karante? | *karantobim | *karantobis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *kar
- Old Irish: carae
- Gaulish: Caranto-, Carantōna
- Hispano-Celtic:
- →⇒ Galician: Canzobre (Caranzobre, 14th c. < *Karantyobrixs)
References
[edit]- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “1 cara”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-37f
- ^ Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 17.2, page 113
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kar-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191