Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tnāwos

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 *tenh₂- (“to stretch”); more specifically, a thematization of *ténh₂us, whence also Proto-Celtic *tanawyos (“thin”).

Noun

*tnāwos m

1. valley

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tnāwos	*tnāwou	*tnāwoi
vocative	*tnāwe	*tnāwou	*tnāwūs
accusative	*tnāwom	*tnāwou	*tnāwoms
genitive	*tnāwī	*tnāwous	*tnāwom
dative	*tnāwūi	*tnāwobom	*tnāwobos
locative	*tnāwei	*?	*?
instrumental	*tnāwū	*tnāwobim	*tnāwūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *tnọw
  • Middle Breton: tenou, tnou
    • Breton: traou, traoñ
  • Old Welsh: tnou
    • Middle Welsh: tyno, tino
      • Welsh: tyno