Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karbantos

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

Uncertain; possibly related to *korbos (wagon; basket),[1] (whence Old Irish corb (wagon)), though its irregular *k-bʰ root shape and a-vocalism probably point to a substrate language borrowing.[2] Perhaps cognate with Latin corbis (wicker-basket)[3] Proto-Germanic *hrepaz (basket) (Old Norse hrip, Old High German ref), Lithuanian krẽpšas (basket), kar̃bas (basket), Russian короб (korob, container).

Noun

*karbantos m[2][4]

  1. (war) chariot
  2. wagon

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *karbantos *karbantou *karbantoi
vocative *karbante *karbantou *karbantoi
accusative *karbantom *karbantou *karbantons
genitive *karbantī *karbantous *karbantom
dative *karbantūi *karbantobom *karbantobos
locative *karbantei *? *?
instrumental *karbantū *karbantobim *karbantūis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: carpat, carbat
    • Irish: carbad
    • Manx: carbyd
    • Scottish Gaelic: carbad
    • Proto-Brythonic: *kėrbɨd
      • Old Breton: cerpit
        • Breton: karbed
      • Cornish: cerpit
      • Middle Welsh: kerbyt
  • Gaulish: *karbanton[5][6]
    • Ancient Greek: καρβαντός (karbantós)
    • Latin: carpentum (see there for further descendants)
    • Gaulish: *Karbanyā
      • Latin: Carbantia

Further reading

  • Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 235
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “corbis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

References

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*karba-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 379
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*karbanto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 190
  3. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “Proto-Celtic/karbantos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page carbad
  4. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*karbanto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[3], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 379
  5. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “carbanton”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 105
  6. ^ Blažek, Václav (2008) “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, number 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 48