étan

See also: etan, etán, and Etan

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *antonos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“forehead”).[1] Related to Latin antiae (“forelocks”). Compare Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”) and *umbi (“around”).

Noun

étan m

  1. brow
  2. forehead

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative étan étanL étainL
vocative étain étanL étanuH
accusative étanN étanL étanuH
genitive étainL étan étanN
dative étanL étanaib étanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: éadan
  • Manx: eddin
  • Scottish Gaelic: aodann

Mutation

Mutation of étan
radical lenition nasalization
étan
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 étan n-étan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*antono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
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