Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantos

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

Uncertain. Compare Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ (“corner”). Less certain is a relation with Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).[1]

Noun

*kantos ?

corner
rim

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Breton: kant
- Welsh: cant
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Cantio
  - → Latin: Cantium
    - Italian: Canzio
    - → Old English: Cent
      - English: Kent
  - Welsh: Caint
Gaulish: *cantos
- → Latin: cantus

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies