Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/trāns

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 *tr̥h₂n̥t-s, from *tr̥h₂-n̥t-és, participle of *térh₂-t ~ *tr̥h₂-ént, from *terh₂- (“to cross over”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *trānts.

Preposition

*trāns[1]

across

Alternative reconstructions

*trānts,[2][3] *trānss,[3] *trants[2]

Related terms

*taras (“through”)
*trē (“through”)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *trọs
- Old Breton: tros
  - Middle Breton: treux
    - Breton: treuz
- Cornish: treus
- Old Welsh: traus
  - Middle Welsh: traws
Old Irish: trá

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*taras”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “*trāns”
Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179: “*trā̆nts”
Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 138: “*trānts; *trānss”

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*taras”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “*trāns”

[Zair-2] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179: “*trā̆nts”

[KPV-3] Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, page 138: “*trānts; *trānss”