Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tartus

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

From Proto-Indo-European *térstus, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *þurstuz (“thirst”).

Noun

*tartus m[1]

  1. thirst
  2. dryness

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tartus *tartū *tartowes
vocative *tartu *tartū *tartūs
accusative *tartum *tartū *tartuns
genitive *tartous *tartous *tartowom
dative *tartou *tartubom *tartubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *tartū *tartubim *tartubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tarθ
    • Middle Welsh: tarth (“vapour”)
      • Welsh: tarth (“mist, fog”)
  • Old Irish: tart (“thirst”)
    • Irish: tart (“thirst, dryness, drought”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: tart (“thirst, drought”)
    • Manx: taart (“thirst”)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tar(r)tu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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