Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nantos

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

• *nantus

Etymology

Possibly related to *nemetom (“sacred place”).

Noun

*nantos m

1. stream, river
2. valley

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nantos	*nantou	*nantoi
vocative	*nante	*nantou	*nantoi
accusative	*nantom	*nantou	*nantoms
genitive	*nantī	*nantous	*nantom
dative	*nantūi	*nantobom	*nantobos
locative	*nantei	*?	*?
instrumental	*nantū	*nantobim	*nantūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *nant
  • Middle Breton: nant
    • Breton: nant
  • Old Cornish: nans
    • Cornish: nans
  • Middle Welsh: nant
    • Welsh: nant
• Gaulish: nantos
  • → Latin: Nantolium
  • → French: nant (dialect)
• Hispano-Celtic:
  • →⇒ Medieval Latin: Ebronanto (“Yew-valley”)