Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tanā

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 *tn̥néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”).

Noun

*tanā f

  1. (point in) time

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tanā *tanai *tanās
vocative *tanā *tanai *tanās
accusative *tanam *tanai *tanāns
genitive *tanās *tanous *tanom
dative *tanāi *tanābom *tanābos
locative *tanai *? *?
instrumental *? *tanābim *tanābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tan
    • Old Breton: tan, dan
    • Middle Cornish: tan
    • Middle Welsh: tan
  • Old Irish: tan

Further reading

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
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