Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ati-

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 *éti.[1] Cognate with English ed-, Latin et (and), Sanskrit अति- (áti-, very).[2]

    Prefix

    *ati-

    1. re-, again, second, further

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Gaulish: ate-
    • Proto-Brythonic: *ad-
    • Old Irish: aith-, ath- (broad form)

    References

    1. ^ J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 222 i (3).
    2. ^ J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 156 i (1).