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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From earlier *dangʷāts, from an extended Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂-t-s, from *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. The change of d to t has not been satisfactorily explained.
Noun
*tangʷāts f
- tongue
Inflection
Masculine/feminine consonant stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*tangʷāts
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*tangʷāte
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*tangʷātes
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vocative
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*tangʷāts
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*tangʷāte
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*tangʷātes
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accusative
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*tangʷātam
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*tangʷāte
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*tangʷātans
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genitive
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*tangʷātos
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*tangʷātou
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*tangʷātom
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dative
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*tangʷātei
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*tangʷātobom
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*tangʷātobos
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locative
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*tangʷāti
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—
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—
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instrumental
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*tangʷāte?
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*tangʷātobim
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*tangʷātobis
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Descendants