Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/agnā

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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.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

A verbal noun to *ageti (“to drive”). The *-nā suffix was quite rare in Celtic, only otherwise found in Old Irish úan (“loan”).[1]

Noun

*agnā f[2][3]

  1. driving

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *agnā *agnai *agnās
vocative *agnā *agnai *agnās
accusative *agnam *agnai *agnāns
genitive *agnās *agnous *agnom
dative *agnāi *agnābom *agnābos
locative *agnai *? *?
instrumental *? *agnābim *agnābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aɨn
    • Old Breton: aen
  • Old Irish: áin

References

  1. ^ Stüber, Karin (2015) Die Verbalabstrakta des Altirischen (in German), page 116
  2. ^ Hamp, Eric (1976) “Notes on Old Breton”, in Études Celtiques, volume 15, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 191–193
  3. ^ Fleuriot, Léon, Evans, Claude (1985) “aen”, in A Dictionary of Old Breton – Dictionnaire du vieux breton: Historical and Comparative (in French), Toronto: Prepcorp, pages 55-56
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