Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karbantos

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

Uncertain; possibly related to *korbos (“wagon; basket”)[1] (whence Old Irish corb (“wagon”)), though its irregular *k-bʰ root shape and a-vocalism probably point to a substrate language borrowing.[2] Perhaps cognate with Latin corbis (“wicker-basket”)[3], Proto-Germanic *hrepaz (“basket”) (Old Norse hrip, Old High German ref), Lithuanian krẽpšas (“basket”), kar̃bas (“basket”), Russian короб (korob, “container”).

Noun

*karbantos m[2][4]

(war) chariot
wagon

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*karbantos	*karbantou	*karbantoi
vocative	*karbante	*karbantou	*karbantūs
accusative	*karbantom	*karbantou	*karbantoms
genitive	*karbantī	*karbantous	*karbantom
dative	*karbantūi	*karbantobom	*karbantobos
locative	*karbantei	*?	*?
instrumental	*karbantū	*karbantobim	*karbantūis

Descendants

Old Irish: carpat
- Irish: carbad
- Scottish Gaelic: carbad
- → Old Breton: cerpit
  - Breton: calvez
- → Cornish: cerpit
- → Welsh: cerbyd
Gaulish: *karbanton[5][6]
- → Ancient Greek: καρβαντός (karbantós)
- → Latin: carpentum (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Karbanyā
  - → Latin: Carbantia

References

Koch, John (2004), “*karba-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 379
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *karbanto-–190
MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Celtic/karbantos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page carbad
Koch, John (2004), “*karbanto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 379
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “carbanton”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 105
Blažek, Václav (2008), “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, issue 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 48

[1] Koch, John (2004), “*karba-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 379

[EDPC-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *karbanto-–190

[3] MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “Proto-Celtic/karbantos”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page carbad

[4] Koch, John (2004), “*karbanto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 379

[5] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “carbanton”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 105

[6] Blažek, Václav (2008), “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, issue 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 48