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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/abrants

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

Etymology

From *abr- +‎ *-ants (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs. Cognate with Latin frōns (“forhead”).[1]

Noun

*abrants m [1]

  1. eyelid

Declension
Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *abrans *abrante *abrantes
vocative *abrans *abrante *abrantes
accusative *abrantam *abrante *abrantās
genitive *abrantos *abrantou *abrantom
dative *abrantē *abrantobom *abrantobos
instrumental *abrante? *abrantobim *abrantobis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: [Term?]
    • Breton: abrant f
    • Cornish: abrans
    • Middle Welsh: amrant
      • Welsh: abrant
  • Old Irish: abrae m

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brū-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
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