etre
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton intre, from Old Breton entr-, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨntr (compare Cornish ynter, Welsh ythr), from Proto-Celtic *enter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”).
Compare Old Irish eter, Latin inter, Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar), Albanian ndër.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ˈtre/
Preposition
etre
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | etrezon | etrezomp | |
| 2nd person | etrezout | etrezoc'h | |
| 3rd person | m | etrezañ | etrezo |
| f | etrezi | ||
| impersonal | etrezor | ||
Derived terms
French
Verb
etre
- obsolete spelling of être
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *etre (whence also Tocharian A atär), of uncertain further origin.
Noun
etre ?
Derived terms
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “etre”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 86-87