Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/elantī

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 *h₁el-.

Noun

*elantī f^[1]

doe, hind

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*elantī	*elantī	*elantiyās
vocative	*elantī	*elantī	*elantiyās
accusative	*elantīm	*elantī	*elantīms
genitive	*elantyās	*elantyous	*elantyom
dative	*elantyai	*elantyābom	*elantyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*elantyābim	*elantyābis

Descendants

Gaulish: Elantia
Old Irish: elit, ailit^[2]
- Middle Irish: ailit
  - Scottish Gaelic: eilid
  - Irish: eilit

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*elan(t)ī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elit, ailit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*elan(t)ī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 115

[DIL-2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “elit, ailit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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