Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸetnos

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.

Noun edit

*ɸetnos m

  1. bird

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸetnos *ɸetnou *ɸetnoi
vocative *ɸetne *ɸetnou *ɸetnūs
accusative *ɸetnom *ɸetnou *ɸetnoms
genitive *ɸetnī *ɸetnous *ɸetnom
dative *ɸetnūi *ɸetnobom *ɸetnobos
locative *ɸetnei *? *?
instrumental *ɸetnū *ɸetnobim *ɸetnūis

Descendants edit

  • Brythonic: *edn
    • Middle Breton: ezn
    • Old Cornish: hethen
    • Middle Welsh: edyn
  • Old Irish: én
  • Gaulish: Etnosus

Derived terms edit