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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/artos
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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 *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *artos | *artou | *artoi |
| vocative | *arte | *artou | *artūs |
| accusative | *artom | *artou | *artoms |
| genitive | *artī | *artous | *artom |
| dative | *artūi | *artobom | *artobos |
| locative | *artei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *artū | *artobim | *artūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *arθ
- Old Irish: art (“bear, hero, warrior”)
- Gaulish: *artos
- →⇒ Latin: Artiō
- →⇒ Latin: Artodunum
- Noric: 𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄(𐌁𐌖𐌈𐌆) (Arte(budz))
Connection uncertain:
- Basque: hartz
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*arto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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