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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/yantus

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kneygʷʰ-, *yet- (“to establish oneself, place firmly”), related to Proto-Germanic *hnīwaną (“to bow”), Latin nitor (“I press forward”), though the semantics of this have been disputed.[1] Or, from Proto-Indo-European *yegʰo- (“to wish, beg, strive, desire”), see also Russian я́рый (járyj, “furious”), Albanian gjah (“hunt”), Ancient Greek ζητέω (zētéō, “to search, seek”), Sanskrit यत्न (yātna, “zeal”)).[2]

Noun

*yantus m

  1. jealousy

Declension
Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *yantus *yantū *yantowes
vocative *yantu *yantū *yantūs
accusative *yantum *yantū *yantums
genitive *yantous *yantous *yantowom
dative *yantou *yantubom *yantubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *yantū *yantubim *yantubis

Descendants
  • Old Irish: ét, ǽt
    • Irish: éad
    • Manx: ead
    • Scottish Gaelic: eud
  • ⇒ Gaulish: Iantumaros/Yantumāros/*Yantumāros
    • → Latin: Iantumarus

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “yantu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 501, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 501
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