Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanti

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-ti-, from *ḱóm (“with”).[1] See also *kom- (“with”). Closely related to *kantyos (“gathering”).

Preposition

*kanti[2]

  1. together with

Reconstruction notes

The Irish prefix is from an alternative form *kanta; the Brittonic forms can come from either *kanti or *kanta.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gant
  • Old Irish: cét- (rare)
  • Gaulish: canti, ⇒ soccanti

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kanti”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188
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