Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸanssā

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”) by Matasović.[1] Others have suggested a derivation from *pent- (“to pass, path”).[2]

Noun

*ɸanssā f

  1. trace, track

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸanssā *ɸanssai *ɸanssās
vocative *ɸanssā *ɸanssai *ɸanssās
accusative *ɸanssam *ɸanssai *ɸanssāns
genitive *ɸanssās *ɸanssous *ɸanssom
dative *ɸanssāi *ɸanssābom *ɸanssābos
locative *ɸanssai *? *?
instrumental *? *ɸanssābim *ɸanssābis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: és (see there for further descendants)
  • → Latin: Ad Ansam (place name in ancient Britain; from a Brittonic source)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 342
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