Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kantos

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

Uncertain. Compare Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ (“corner”). Less certain is a relation with Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).

Noun

*kantos ?

1. corner
2. rim

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Breton: kant
  • Welsh: cant
  • ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Cantio
    • → Latin: Cantium
      • Italian: Canzio
      • → Old English: Cent
        • English: Kent
    • Welsh: Caint
• Gaulish: *cantos
  • → Latin: cantus

References

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