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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“wing”), retaining the old r/n stem alternation between the nominative and the oblique cases.

Noun

*ɸatar n

1. a winged creature, bird

Inflection

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

• *ɸatanī
  • Middle Welsh: adain
    • Welsh: adain
• *ɸetnos

Related terms

• *exs-ɸeteti (“to fly”)
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • ⇒ Middle Welsh: ehedec
      • Welsh: ehedeg

Descendants

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