Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tangʷāss

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 earlier *dangʷāss, from an extended Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂-t-s, from *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. The change of d to t has not been satisfactorily explained; influence of Proto-Germanic *tungǭ is conceivable.

Noun

*tangʷāss f

tongue

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tangʷās	*tangʷāte	*tangʷātes
vocative	*tangʷās	*tangʷāte	*tangʷātes
accusative	*tangʷātam	*tangʷāte	*tangʷātās
genitive	*tangʷātos	*tangʷātou	*tangʷātom
dative	*tangʷātē	*tangʷātobom	*tangʷātobos
instrumental	*tangʷāte?	*tangʷātobim	*tangʷātobis

Descendants

Brythonic: [Term?]
- Breton: teod
- Cornish: taves
- Welsh: tafod
Old Irish: tengae
- Irish: teanga
- Manx: çhengey
- Scottish Gaelic: teanga