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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/teɸnets
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”) (compare *tépos (“heat, warmth”)), likely through an intermediate s-stem *tep-n-ḗs, with the nasal infixed perhaps by influence of the participle *téponts, if not derived from an r/n-stem heteroclitic.
Along with *aidu ~ *aidus, presumably displaced inherited reflexes of the PIE fire terms *h₁n̥gʷnís and *péh₂wr̥, which left no trace in attested Celtic.
Noun
*teɸnets m
- fire
- Synonyms: *aidu, *gʷorno-
Declension
Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *teɸness | *teɸnete | *teɸnetes |
vocative | *teɸness | *teɸnete | *teɸnetes |
accusative | *teɸnetam | *teɸnete | *teɸnetams |
genitive | *teɸnetos | *teɸnetou | *teɸnetom |
dative | *teɸnetei | *teɸnetobom | *teɸnetobos |
locative | *teɸneti | — | — |
instrumental | *teɸnete? | *teɸnetobim | *teɸnetobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *tan
- Breton: tan
- Cornish: tan
- Middle Welsh: tan
- Welsh: tân
- Old Irish: teine
- Irish: tine
- Manx: çhenney
- Scottish Gaelic: teine
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “tefnet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375
- Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales