Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/taras

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 *tr̥h₂és (“through, across”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *tr̥Hás (“through”).

Preposition

*taras[1]

through, across

Related terms

*trāns (“across”)
*trē (“through”)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *tra
- Old Breton: tra
  - Breton: tra, dre
- Middle Welsh: tra
  - Welsh: tra
Old Irish: tar
- Irish: thar
- Manx: har, harrish
- Scottish Gaelic: thar

References

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

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