étan

See also: etan, etán, and Etan

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *antonos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“forehead”).[1] Related to Latin antiae (“forelocks”). Compare Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”) and *umbi (“around”).

Noun

étan m

  1. brow
  2. forehead

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative étan étanL étainL
Vocative étain étanL étanuH
Accusative étanN étanL étanuH
Genitive étainL étan étanN
Dative étanL étanaib étanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: éadan
  • Manx: eddin
  • Scottish Gaelic: aodann

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
étan unchanged n-étan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*antono-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
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