Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantlom

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

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (to sing) +‎ *-tlom (instrumental suffix).[1] Equivalent to *kaneti +‎ *-tlom.

Noun edit

*kantlom n[1]

  1. singing, song

Inflection edit

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kantlom *kantlou *kantlā
vocative *kantlom *kantlou *kantlā
accusative *kantlom *kantlou *kantlā
genitive *kantlī *kantlous *kantlom
dative *kantlūi *kantlobom *kantlobos
locative *kantlei *? *?
instrumental *kantlū *kantlobim *kantlūis

Descendants edit

  • Brythonic: *kantl
    • Middle Breton: quentel
    • Middle Welsh: kathyl, kathl
  • Old Irish: cétal

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kantlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188