Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantlom

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (to sing) +‎ *-tlom (instrumental suffix). Equivalent to *kaneti +‎ *-tlom.

Noun

*kantlom n

  1. singing, song

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kantlom *kantlou *kantlā
vocative *kantlom *kantlou *kantlā
accusative *kantlom *kantlou *kantlā
genitive *kantlī *kantlous *kantlom
dative *kantlūi *kantlobom *kantlobos
locative *kantlei *? *?
instrumental *kantlū *kantlobim *kantlūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *kantl
    • Middle Breton: quentel
    • Middle Welsh: kathyl, kathl
  • Old Irish: cétal

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kantlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188