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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karants
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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
A fossilised present participle "someone who loves" of the verb Proto-Celtic *kareti (“to love, desire”). The formation is possibly similar to Tocharian B krent (“good, good person”).[1][2] It could also be a deadjectival noun from unattested *karo-, although this word has a long vowel in Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂-ro-.[3] Either way from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire”).
Declension
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *karants | *karante | *karantes |
| vocative | *karants | *karante | *karantes |
| accusative | *karantam | *karante | *karantams |
| genitive | *karantos | *karantou | *karantom |
| dative | *karantei | *karantobom | *karantobos |
| locative | *karanti | — | — |
| instrumental | *karante? | *karantobim | *karantobis |
Descendants
References
- Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “1 cara”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-37f
- Kim McCone (1994) “An tSean-Ghaeilge agus a Réamhstair”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 17.2, page 113
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kar-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 191
Further reading
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