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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-atis

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *-tis (abstract suffix), with the -a- being extracted from laryngeal-final roots. That abstract suffix doubling as an agent suffix is not unheard of in Indo-European.[1]

Suffix

*-atis m

  1. suffix forming agent nouns

Inflection
Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-atis *-atī *-atīs
vocative *-ati *-atī *-atīs
accusative *-atim *-atī *-atims
genitive *-ateis *-atyow *-atyom
dative *-atei *-atibom *-atibos
locative *-atei *? *?
instrumental *-atī *-atibim *-atibis

Derived terms
  • *-yatis (extended Insular variant)
    • Proto-Brythonic: *-jad
      • Old Breton: -iat
      • Middle Welsh: -iat
    • Old Irish: -id

Descendants

References
  1. McCone, Kim (1995), “OIr. Senchae, Senchaid and Preliminaries on Agent Noun Formation in Celtic”, in Ériu‎, volume 46, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, retrieved 1 March 2023, pages 1–10
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