Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trānts

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 *tr̥h₂n̥t-s, from *tr̥h₂-ónt-s ~ *tr̥h₂-n̥t-és, participle of *térh₂-t ~ *tr̥h₂-ént (“to get through, cross over”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *trānts.

Preposition

*trānts[1][2]

  1. across

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *trọs
    • Old Breton: tros
      • Middle Breton: treux
        • Breton: treuz
    • Cornish: treus
    • Old Welsh: traus
  • Old Irish: trá

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179: “*trā̆nts”
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 138: “*trānts; *trānss”
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*taras”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “*trāns”
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