Proto-Celtic

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ Celtic.

Proper noun

Proto-Celtic

1. The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.

Synonyms

• Common Celtic

Translations

earliest form of the Celtic languages

• Catalan: protocelta m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原始凱爾特語／原始凯尔特语 (Yuánshǐkǎi'ěrtèyǔ)

• French: proto-celtique (fr)
• German: Urkeltisch n, Protokeltisch n
• Irish: Próta-Cheiltis f
• Portuguese: protocelta (pt) m
• Welsh: Proto-Gelteg f

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Proto-Celtic terms