Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/anderā

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

Unknown; possibly related to Basque andere (“lady, woman”). Most likely from a non-IE substrate language.[1]

Schrijver, however, argues that the only reconstruction that can account for the Celtic evidence is *andēro-, and the Basque-Aquitanian word is analysable within Basque-Aquitanian, so the Celtic word would have to be a borrowing from Basque-Aquitanian. However, for phonetic reasons, the Goidelic word can only be a late borrowing into Primitive Irish.[2]

Noun

*anderā f

  1. young woman

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *anderā *anderai *anderās
vocative *anderā *anderai *anderās
accusative *anderam *anderai *anderāns
genitive *anderās *anderous *anderom
dative *anderāi *anderābom *anderābos
locative *anderai *? *?
instrumental *? *anderābim *anderābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *anner
    • Middle Breton: annoer
      • Breton: ounner (Léonard/Cornouaillais), annoar (Trégorrois), annoer (Vannetais)
    • Old Cornish: annoer
      • Cornish: annor
    • Middle Welsh: anneir
  • Old Irish: ainder
  • >? Gaulish: anderon

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter (2011) “Irish ainder, Welsh anner, Breton annoar, Basque andere”, in David Restle, Dietmar Zaefferer, editors, Sounds and Systems: Studies in Structure and Change. A Festschrift for Theo Vennemann‎[1], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 205–19
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