étan
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *antonos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“forehead”).[1] Related to Latin antiae (“forelocks”). Compare Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”) and *umbi (“around”).
Noun[edit]
étan m
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | étan | étanL | étainL |
| Vocative | étain | étanL | étanuH |
| Accusative | étanN | étanL | étanuH |
| Genitive | étainL | étan | étanN |
| Dative | étanL | étanaib | étanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| étan | unchanged | n-étan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*antono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39