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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/argantom
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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 (arcatʿ, “silver”).
Noun
*argantom n[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
- Middle Breton: archant
- Breton: arc'hant
- Middle Breton: archant
- Cornish: argans
- Old Welsh: argant
- Middle Welsh: ariant
- Welsh: arian
- Middle Welsh: ariant
- Old Breton: argant
- Old Irish: argat
- Irish: airgead
- Manx: argid
- Scottish Gaelic: airgead
- Gaulish: arganto-, *argantom
- Celtiberian: arkanta, arkato-
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*arganto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41