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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nantos
Proto-Celtic
Alternative forms
- *nantus
Etymology
Possibly related to *nemetom (“sacred place”).[1]
Noun
*nantos m[1]
- stream, river
- valley
Inflection
Masculine o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *nantos | *nantou | *nantoi |
vocative | *nante | *nantou | *nantūs |
accusative | *nantom | *nantou | *nantoms |
genitive | *nantī | *nantous | *nantom |
dative | *nantūi | *nantobom | *nantobos |
locative | *nantei | *? | *? |
instrumental | *nantū | *nantobim | *nantūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *nant
- Middle Breton: nant
- Breton: nant
- Old Cornish: nans
- Cornish: nans
- Middle Welsh: nant
- Welsh: nant
- Middle Breton: nant
- Gaulish: nantos
- → Latin: Nantolium
- → French: nant (dialect)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*nanto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 283