Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantos

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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

Uncertain. Compare Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ (“corner”). Less certain is a relation with Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).

Noun

*kantos ?

corner
rim

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Breton: kant
- Welsh: cant
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Cantio
  - → Latin: Cantium
    - Italian: Canzio
    - → Old English: Cent
      - English: Kent
  - Welsh: Caint
Gaulish: *cantos
- → Latin: cantus

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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