Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸatar

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 *péth₂r̥ (“wing”), retaining the old r/n stem alternation between the nominative and the oblique cases.^[1]

Noun edit

*ɸatar n

a winged creature, bird

Inflection edit

Neuter consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ɸatar	*ɸatane	*ɸatana
vocative	*ɸatar	*ɸatane	*ɸatana
accusative	*ɸatar	*ɸatane	*ɸatana
genitive	*ɸatanos	*ɸatanou	*ɸatanom
dative	*ɸatanē	*ɸatanobom	*ɸatanobos
locative	*ɸatani	*?	*?
instrumental	*ɸatane?	*ɸatanobim	*ɸatanobis

Derived terms edit

*ɸatanī
- Middle Welsh: adain
  - Welsh: adain
*ɸetnos

Descendants edit

Brittonic:
- ⇒ Old Breton: attanoc
- Old Welsh: atar
  - Middle Welsh: adar
    - Welsh: adar

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126

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