Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Karatākos

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 *karatākos (“beloved, pleasing”), from *karatus (“love”) +‎ *-ākos.^[1] Cognate with Latin carus (“beloved”).^[2]

Proper noun

*Karatākos m

a male given name

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Karatākos	—	—
vocative	*Karatāke	—	—
accusative	*Karatākom	—	—
genitive	*Karatākī	—	—
dative	*Karatākūi	—	—
locative	*Karatākei	—	—
instrumental	*Karatākū	—	—

Related terms

*kareti

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *Karadọg
- Breton: Karadeg
- Middle Welsh: Caratawc
  - Welsh: Caradog
- → Latin: Caratacus, Caractacus
- → Old English: Cerdic
Primitive Irish: ᚉᚐᚏᚏᚈᚈᚐᚉᚉ (carrttacc)
- Irish: Carthach
  - ⇒ Irish: Mac Carthaigh
    - English: McCarthy, Mc Carthy, Mccarthy, MacCarthy, Mac Carthy, Maccarthy, M'Carthy, MaCarthy, Macarthy, Carthy, McCarty

References

^ University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies (2002 June 12) “Celtic Lexicon”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kar-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191

[1] University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies (2002 June 12) “Celtic Lexicon”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kar-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Karatākos

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