Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/argantom

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 *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm (“silver”), from *h₂erǵ- (“white, brilliant”). Cognate with Latin argentum (“silver”), Sanskrit रजत (rajata, “silver”), Old Armenian արծաթ (arcatʻ, “silver”).

Noun

*argantom n^[1]

silver

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*argantom	*argantou	*argantā
vocative	*argantom	*argantou	*argantā
accusative	*argantom	*argantou	*argantā
genitive	*argantī	*argantous	*argantom
dative	*argantūi	*argantobom	*argantobos
locative	*argantei	*?	*?
instrumental	*argantū	*argantobim	*argantūis

Descendants

Brythonic: *arɣant
- Old Breton: argant
  - Middle Breton: archant
    - Breton: arc'hant
- Cornish: arghans
- Old Welsh: argant
  - Middle Welsh: ariant
    - Welsh: arian
Old Irish: argat
- Irish: airgead
- Manx: argid
- Scottish Gaelic: airgead
Gaulish: arganto-, *arganton
Celtiberian: arkanta, arkato-

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*arganto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*arganto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41

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