Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸatar

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 *péth₂r̥ (“wing”), retaining the old r/n stem alternation between the nominative and the oblique cases.[1]

Noun

*ɸatar n

  1. a winged creature, bird

Inflection

Neuter consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *ɸatar *ɸatane *ɸatana
vocative *ɸatar *ɸatane *ɸatana
accusative *ɸatar *ɸatane *ɸatana
genitive *ɸatanos *ɸatanou *ɸatanom
dative *ɸatanei *ɸatanobom *ɸatanobos
locative *ɸatani *? *?
instrumental *ɸatane? *ɸatanobim *ɸatanobis

Derived terms

  • *ɸatanī
    • Middle Welsh: adain
  • *ɸetnos
  • *exs-ɸeteti (“to fly”)
    • Proto-Brythonic:
      • ⇒ Middle Welsh: ehedec
        • Welsh: ehedeg

Descendants

  • Brittonic:
    • ⇒ Old Breton: attanoc
    • Old Welsh: atar

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
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