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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tanauyos

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 *ténh₂us.[1][2][3][4][5]

Adjective

*tanauyos[2][6][7][8]

  1. thin

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *tanauyos *tanauyou *tanauyoi
vocative *tanauye *tanauyou *tanauyoi
accusative *tanauyom *tanauyou *tanauyoms
genitive *tanauyī *tanauyous *tanauyom
dative *tanauyūi *tanauyobom *tanauyobos
instrumental *tanauyū *tanauyobim *tanauyobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *tanauyā *tanauyai *tanauyās
vocative *tanauyā *tanauyai *tanauyās
accusative *tanauyam *tanauyai *tanauyams
genitive *tanauyās *tanauyous *tanauyom
dative *tanauyai *tanauyābom *tanauyābos
instrumental *? *tanauyābim *tanauyābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *tanauyom *tanauyou *tanauyā
vocative *tanauyom *tanauyou *tanauyā
accusative *tanauyom *tanauyou *tanauyā
genitive *tanauyī *tanauyous *tanauyom
dative *tanauyūi *tanauyobom *tanauyobos
instrumental *tanauyū *tanauyobim *tanauyobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *tanẹw
    • Middle Breton: tanau, tanow
      • Breton: tanav
    • Old Cornish: tenewen
    • Old Welsh: teneu
      • Middle Welsh: teneu
  • Old Irish: tanae

Further reading

  • Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “teneu”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 146
  • Williams, Robert (1865) “tanow”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 330

References

  1. Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 210
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tanawyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367-368
  3. Lewis, Henry, Pedersen, Holger (1989) A Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, 3rd edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 46
  4. Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 694-698
  5. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tenau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  6. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 85:*tanau̯i̯o-
  7. Koch, John (2004) “*tanawo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 357
  8. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*ténus”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 574:*tanau̯(i̯)o-
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