Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tangʷāts

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 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

  1. tongue

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tangʷāts *tangʷāte *tangʷātes
vocative *tangʷāts *tangʷāte *tangʷātes
accusative *tangʷātam *tangʷāte *tangʷātans
genitive *tangʷātos *tangʷātou *tangʷātom
dative *tangʷātei *tangʷātobom *tangʷātobos
locative *tangʷāti — —
instrumental *tangʷāte? *tangʷātobim *tangʷātobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tavọd
  • Old Irish: tengae
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