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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/karbantos

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

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

*karbantos m

  1. chariot, war chariot

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

Descendants
  • Old Irish: carpat
    • → Old Breton: cerpit
    • → Welsh: cerbyd
  • Gaulish: carbanton, carbantia
    • Latin: carpentum (see there for further descendants)

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