Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tnāwos

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 *tenh₂- (“to stretch”); more specifically, a thematization of *ténh₂us, whence also Proto-Celtic *tanawyos (“thin”).[1]

Noun

*tnāwos m

  1. valley

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *tnāwos *tnāwou *tnāwoi
vocative *tnāwe *tnāwou *tnāwoi
accusative *tnāwom *tnāwou *tnāwons
genitive *tnāwī *tnāwous *tnāwom
dative *tnāwūi *tnāwobom *tnāwobos
locative *tnāwei *? *?
instrumental *tnāwū *tnāwobim *tnāwūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tnọw
    • Middle Breton: tenou, tnou
      • Breton: traou, traoñ
    • Old Welsh: tnou
      • Middle Welsh: tyno, tino
        • Welsh: tyno

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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