Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yantus

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ-, *yet- (“to establish oneself, place firmly”), related to Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną (“to bow”), Latin nitor (“I press forward”), though the semantics of this have been disputed.^[1] Or, from Proto-Indo-European *yegʰo- (“to wish, beg, strive, desire”), see also Russian я́рый (járyj, “furious”), Albanian gjah (“hunt”), Ancient Greek ζητέω (zētéō, “to search, seek”), Sanskrit यत्न (yātna, “zeal”)).^[2]

Noun

*yantus m

jealousy
Synonym: *uɸormentom

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*yantus	*yantū	*yantowes
vocative	*yantu	*yantū	*yantūs
accusative	*yantum	*yantū	*yantums
genitive	*yantous	*yantous	*yantowom
dative	*yantou	*yantubom	*yantubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*yantū	*yantubim	*yantubis

Descendants

Old Irish: ét, ǽt
- Irish: éad
- Manx: ead
- Scottish Gaelic: eud
⇒ Gaulish: Iantumaros/Yantumāros/*Yantumāros
- → Latin: Iantumarus

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “yantu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “501”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 501

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “yantu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “501”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 501

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