< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tanā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tn̥néh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”).
Noun
*tanā f
- (point in) time
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *tanā | *tanai | *tanās |
| vocative | *tanā | *tanai | *tanās |
| accusative | *tanam | *tanai | *tanāms |
| genitive | *tanās | *tanous | *tanom |
| dative | *tanāi | *tanābom | *tanābos |
| locative | *tanai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *tanābim | *tanābis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *tan
- Old Breton: tan, dan
- Middle Cornish: tan
- Cornish: tann, yn-dann
- Middle Welsh: tan
- Welsh: tan
- Old Irish: tan
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367