Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/liyants

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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

Present participle-like formation from *liyeti (“to flow”).

Noun

*liyants m[1]

  1. flood, flow

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *liyants *liyante *liyantes
vocative *liyants *liyante *liyantes
accusative *liyantam *liyante *liyantams
genitive *liyantos *liyantou *liyantom
dative *liyantei *liyantobom *liyantobos
locative *liyanti — —
instrumental *liyante? *liyantobim *liyantobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: liae, lie

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*liy-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243
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