Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tankos

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 *tenk- (“to be solid, firm”).

Noun

*tankos m[1][2]

peace

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tankos	*tankou	*tankoi
vocative	*tanke	*tankou	*tankūs
accusative	*tankom	*tankou	*tankoms
genitive	*tankī	*tankous	*tankom
dative	*tankūi	*tankobom	*tankobos
locative	*tankei	*?	*?
instrumental	*tankū	*tankobim	*tankūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Welsh: tagc
  - Middle Welsh: tang, tanc
    - Welsh: tang
Gaulish: *tankos, takos[3]

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tanko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
Koch, John (2004), “*tank-o-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 248
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “tanco-”, 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 289

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tanko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 369

[2] Koch, John (2004), “*tank-o-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 248

[3] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “tanco-”, 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 289