Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karbantos

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown: “The a-vocalism and the root-shape (*k...b(ʰ)) make it probable that we are dealing with a loanword from some non-IE source.”[1]

Noun[edit]

*karbantos m

  1. chariot, war chariot

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *karbantos *karbantou *karbantoi
vocative *karbante *karbantou *karbantūs
accusative *karbantom *karbantou *karbantoms
genitive *karbantī *karbantous *karbantom
dative *karbantūi *karbantobom *karbantobos
instrumental *karbantū *karbantobim *karbantobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Irish: carpat (see there for further descendants)
  • Gaulish: carbanton, carbantia
    • Latin: carpentum (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 190