Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tartus

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 *térstus, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þurstuz (“thirst”).

Noun

*tartus m

1. thirst
2. dryness

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tartus	*tartū	*tartowes
vocative	*tartu	*tartū	*tartūs
accusative	*tartum	*tartū	*tartums
genitive	*tartous	*tartous	*tartowom
dative	*tartou	*tartubom	*tartubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*tartū	*tartubim	*tartubis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *tarθ
  • Middle Welsh: tarth (“vapour”)
    • Welsh: tarth (“mist, fog”)
• Old Irish: tart (“thirst”)
  • Irish: tart (“thirst, dryness, drought”)
  • Scottish Gaelic: tart (“thirst, drought”)
  • Manx: taart (“thirst”)