Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tanxtos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to become fixed, solid”).[1]
Adjective
*tanxtos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tanxtos | *tanxtou | *tanxtoi |
| vocative | *tanxte | *tanxtou | *tanxtoi |
| accusative | *tanxtom | *tanxtou | *tanxtons |
| genitive | *tanxtī | *tanxtous | *tanxtom |
| dative | *tanxtūi | *tanxtobom | *tanxtobos |
| instrumental | *tanxtū | *tanxtobim | *tanxtobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tanxtā | *tanxtai | *tanxtās |
| vocative | *tanxtā | *tanxtai | *tanxtās |
| accusative | *tanxtam | *tanxtai | *tanxtans |
| genitive | *tanxtās | *tanxtous | *tanxtom |
| dative | *tanxtai | *tanxtābom | *tanxtābos |
| instrumental | *? | *tanxtābim | *tanxtābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tanxtom | *tanxtou | *tanxtā |
| vocative | *tanxtom | *tanxtou | *tanxtā |
| accusative | *tanxtom | *tanxtou | *tanxtā |
| genitive | *tanxtī | *tanxtous | *tanxtom |
| dative | *tanxtūi | *tanxtobom | *tanxtobos |
| instrumental | *tanxtū | *tanxtobim | *tanxtobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tanxtyūs | *? | *tanxtyoses |
| vocative | *tanxtyūs | *? | *tanxtyoses |
| accusative | *tanxtyosam | *? | *tanxtyosans |
| genitive | *tanxtisos | *? | *tanxtisom |
| dative | *tanxtisei | *? | *tanxtisbos |
| instrumental | *tanxtisī | *? | *tanxtisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tanxtyūs | *? | *tanxtyoses |
| vocative | *tanxtyūs | *? | *tanxtyoses |
| accusative | *tanxtyosam | *? | *tanxtyosans |
| genitive | *tanxtisos | *? | *tanxtisom |
| dative | *tanxtisei | *? | *tanxtisbos |
| instrumental | *tanxtisī | *? | *tanxtisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tanxtis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *tanxtis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *tanxtis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *tanxtisos | *? | *tanxtisom |
| dative | *tanxtisei | *? | *tanxtisbos |
| instrumental | *tanxtisī | *? | *tanxtisbis |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: técht, ⇒ téchtaid
- Irish: téacht
- Scottish Gaelic: tèachd
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tanko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 369