Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/abrants

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

Probably cognate with Latin frōns (“forehead”), for Proto-Indo-European *(He-)bʰrént-s ~ *(H)bʰrn̥t-és, but the root is heavily debated. Alternatively, from *abr- +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), the root also being the source of Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*abrants m[1]

  1. eyelid

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *abrants *abrante *abrantes
vocative *abrants *abrante *abrantes
accusative *abrantam *abrante *abrantans
genitive *abrantos *abrantou *abrantom
dative *abrantei *abrantobom *abrantobos
locative *abranti — —
instrumental *abrante? *abrantobim *abrantobis
  • (perhaps) *brūs (“eyebrow”)

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *abrant
    • Breton: abrant
    • Cornish: abrans
    • Middle Welsh: amrant
  • Old Irish: abrae m

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*brū-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
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