Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kanta

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-ti-, from *ḱóm (with).[1] See also *kom- (with). Closely related to *kantyos (gathering).

Preposition

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*kanta[2]

  1. together with

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: cét- (rare)

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 612
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kanti”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 188