Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rātis
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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]Since McCone, usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(é)rh₃-tis, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”),[1][2] with "fort, rampart" semantically arising from "dugout".[3]
An alternative comparison to Latin prātum (“field, prairie”) is usually met with disdain.[4][5][6]
Noun
[edit]*rātis f
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *rātis | *rātī | *rātīs |
| vocative | *rāti | *rātī | *rātīs |
| accusative | *rātim | *rātī | *rātims |
| genitive | *rāteis | *rātyow | *rātyom |
| dative | *rātei | *rātibom | *rātibos |
| locative | *rātei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *rātī | *rātibim | *rātibis |
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: ráth (with unstable declension)
- Gaulish: rātin (acc. sg.)
- →⇒ Latin: Argentorate, Carpentorate
- French: Argentré, Carpentras
- →⇒ Latin: Argentorate, Carpentorate
References
[edit]- ^ McCone, Kim (1996) Towards a relative chronology of ancient and medieval Celtic sound change, Maynooth: Dept. of Old Irish, St. Patrick's College, →ISBN, pages 52-54
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 210-212
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 139–140
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 254
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 182