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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tén-tu-s ~ *tn̥-téw-s, from *ten- (“to stretch”). Contains *-tus.
Noun
*tantus m[1]
- cord
- string
Inflection
Masculine/feminine u-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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*tantus
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*tantū
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*tantowes
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vocative
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*tantu
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*tantū
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*tantūs
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accusative
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*tantum
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*tantū
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*tantums
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genitive
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*tantous
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*tantous
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*tantowom
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dative
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*tantou
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*tantubom
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*tantubos
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locative
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*?
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*?
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*?
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instrumental
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*tantū
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*tantubim
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*tantubis
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Alternative reconstructions
Reconstruction notes
The inflection of the word in Goidelic was unstable, leading to scholarly confusion. The Old Irish glosses attest masculine u-stem inflection, but later Gaelic shifted it to ā-stem inflection.
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *tant
- Old Irish: tét (“cord, string”)
References
- ^ Irslinger, Britta (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen (Indogermanische Bibliothek : Reihe 3) (in German), C. Winter, →ISBN, page 134
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tantā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 369-370