Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/awontīr

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 *h₂ewh₂-on-, variant of *h₂éwh₂os (“older male relative: uncle, maternal grandfather”), with analogical *-tīr (from PIE *-tēr) as in *ɸatīr, *mātīr, *brātīr etc. Cognate with Latin avunculus (“~ maternal uncle”), Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather”).

Noun

*awontīr m

uncle

Declension

Masculine/feminine r-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*awontīr	*awontere	*awonteres
vocative	*awonter	*awontere	*awonteres
accusative	*awonteram	*awontere	*awonterams
genitive	*awontros	*awontrous	*awontrom
dative	*awontrē	*awontarbom	*awontarbos
locative	*awontri	*?	*?
instrumental	*awontrē	*awontarbim	*awontarbis

Related terms

*awyos (“grandson, descendant”)
*altrawū (“foster uncle”)

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Breton: eontr
- Old Cornish: euitor
  - Middle Cornish: eviter
    - Cornish: ewnter
- Middle Welsh: ewythyr
  - Welsh: ewythr
Old Irish amnair

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

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