Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/teɸnets

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 Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”) (compare *tépos (“heat, warmth”)).

Noun

*teɸnets m

fire

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*teɸnes	*teɸnete	*teɸnetes
vocative	*teɸnes	*teɸnete	*teɸnetes
accusative	*teɸnetam	*teɸnete	*teɸnetās
genitive	*teɸnetos	*teɸnetou	*teɸnetom
dative	*teɸnetē	*teɸnetobom	*teɸnetobos
instrumental	*teɸnete?	*teɸnetobim	*teɸnetobis

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Breton: tan
- Cornish: tan
- Middle Welsh: tan
  - Welsh: tân
Old Irish: teine
- Irish: tine
- Manx: çhenney
- Scottish Gaelic: teine

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “tefnet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375
Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales

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