Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/awontīr

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 *awū ~ *awonos (“uncle”) +‎ *-tīr (agent noun suffix).

Noun

*awontīr m

1. uncle

Declension

Masculine/feminine r-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*awontīr	*awontere	*awonteres
vocative	*awonter	*awontere	*awonteres
accusative	*awonteram	*awontere	*awonterams
genitive	*awontros	*awontrous	*awontrom
dative	*awontrē	*awontarbom	*awontarbos
locative	*awontri	*?	*?
instrumental	*awontrē	*awontarbim	*awontarbis

Related terms

• *awyos (“grandson, descendant”)
• *altrawū (“foster uncle”)

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *ėwöntr
  • Breton: eontr
  • Old Cornish: euitor
    • Middle Cornish: eviter
      • Cornish: ewnter
  • Middle Welsh: ewythyr
    • Welsh: ewythr
• Old Irish: amnair
  • Irish: amhnair, omhnair (obsolete)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48