Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dant

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 *h₃dónts.^[1]

Noun edit

*dant n^[2]

tooth

Declension edit

Dual declension of neuter nt-stems is uncertain.

Neuter consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dant	—	*danta
vocative	*dant	—	*danta
accusative	*dant	—	*danta
genitive	*dantos	—	*dantom
dative	*dantē	—	*dantobos
locative	*danti	—	*?
instrumental	*dante?	—	*dantobis

Descendants edit

Brythonic: *dant
- Old Breton: dant
  - Middle Breton: dant
    - Breton: dant
- Old Cornish: dans
  - Cornish: dans
- Middle Welsh: dant
  - Welsh: dant
Old Irish: dét
- Irish: déad
- Scottish Gaelic: deud

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
^ Joseph, Lionel (1988) “The Inflexion of OIR. Crú”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 39, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved January 19, 2023, pages 169–187

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90

[Joseph_1988-2] Joseph, Lionel (1988) “The Inflexion of OIR. Crú”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 39, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved January 19, 2023, pages 169–187

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