Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nantos

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly related to *nemetom (“sacred place”).[1]

Noun

*nantos m[1]

  1. stream, river
  2. valley

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *nantos *nantou *nantoi
vocative *nante *nantou *nantoi
accusative *nantom *nantou *nantons
genitive *nantī *nantous *nantom
dative *nantūi *nantobom *nantobos
locative *nantei *? *?
instrumental *nantū *nantobim *nantūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *nant
    • Middle Breton: nant
    • Old Cornish: nans
    • Middle Welsh: nant
  • Gaulish: nantos
  • Hispano-Celtic:
    • →⇒ Medieval Latin: Ebronanto (“Yew-valley”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nanto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
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