Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/argantom

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm (“silver”), from *h₂erǵ- (“white, brilliant”). Cognate with Latin argentum (“silver”), Sanskrit रजत (rajata, “silver”), Old Armenian արծաթ (arcatʻ, “silver”).

Noun

*argantom n[1]

  1. silver

Declension

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *argantom *argantou *argantā
vocative *argantom *argantou *argantā
accusative *argantom *argantou *argantā
genitive *argantī *argantous *argantom
dative *argantūi *argantobom *argantobos
locative *argantei *? *?
instrumental *argantū *argantobim *argantūis

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *arɣant
    • Old Breton: argant
    • Cornish: arghans
    • Old Welsh: argant
      • Middle Welsh: ariant
  • Old Irish: argat
  • Gaulish: arganto-, *arganton
  • Celtiberian: arkanta, arkato-

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*arganto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41
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