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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us.[1][2][3][4][5]
Adjective
*tanawyos[2][6][7][8]
- thin
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tanauyos
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*tanauyou
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*tanauyoi
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| vocative
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*tanauye
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*tanauyou
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*tanauyoi
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| accusative
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*tanauyom
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*tanauyou
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*tanauyons
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| genitive
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*tanauyī
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*tanauyous
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*tanauyom
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| dative
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*tanauyūi
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*tanauyobom
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*tanauyobos
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| instrumental
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*tanauyū
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*tanauyobim
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*tanauyobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tanauyā
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*tanauyai
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*tanauyās
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| vocative
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*tanauyā
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*tanauyai
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*tanauyās
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| accusative
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*tanauyam
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*tanauyai
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*tanauyans
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| genitive
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*tanauyās
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*tanauyous
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*tanauyom
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| dative
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*tanauyai
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*tanauyābom
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*tanauyābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*tanauyābim
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*tanauyābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tanauyom
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*tanauyou
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*tanauyā
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| vocative
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*tanauyom
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*tanauyou
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*tanauyā
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| accusative
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*tanauyom
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*tanauyou
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*tanauyā
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| genitive
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*tanauyī
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*tanauyous
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*tanauyom
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| dative
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*tanauyūi
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*tanauyobom
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*tanauyobos
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| instrumental
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*tanauyū
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*tanauyobim
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*tanauyobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tanauyūs
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*?
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*tanauyoses
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| vocative
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*tanauyūs
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*?
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*tanauyoses
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| accusative
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*tanauyosam
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*?
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*tanauyosans
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| genitive
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*tanauyisos
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*?
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*tanauyisom
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| dative
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*tanauyisei
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*?
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*tanauyisbos
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| instrumental
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*tanauyisī
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*?
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*tanauyisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tanauyūs
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*?
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*tanauyoses
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| vocative
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*tanauyūs
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*?
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*tanauyoses
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| accusative
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*tanauyosam
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*?
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*tanauyosans
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| genitive
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*tanauyisos
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*?
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*tanauyisom
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| dative
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*tanauyisei
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*?
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*tanauyisbos
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| instrumental
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*tanauyisī
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*?
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*tanauyisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*tanauyis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*tanauyis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*tanauyis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*tanauyisos
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*?
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*tanauyisom
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| dative
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*tanauyisei
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*?
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*tanauyisbos
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| instrumental
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*tanauyisī
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*?
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*tanauyisbis
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Descendants
Further reading
- Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “teneu”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 146
- Williams, Robert (1865) “tanow”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 330
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 210
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tanawyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367-368
- ^ Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 46
- ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 694-698
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tenau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 85: “*tanau̯i̯o-”
- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*tanawo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 357
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*ténus”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 574: “*tanau̯(i̯)o-”