ᴹQ. qentaro n. “narrator, reciter, minstrel” (Category: Poet)

References ✧ Ety/KWET; PE18/51; PE19/40; PE23/85, 87

Glosses

• “minstrel” ✧ PE23/87
• “minstrel [m.]” ✧ PE23/85
• “narrator” ✧ Ety/KWET
• “reciter” ✧ PE19/40 (quentaro)
• “reciter, minstrel” ✧ PE18/51

Variations

• qentaro ✧ Ety/KWET; PE18/51; PE23/85; PE23/87
• quentaro ✧ PE19/40

Elements

#-ro	“agental suffix”
ᴹ✶-rō	“agent”	✧ PE23/87 (rō/nō)

Element In

• ᴹQ. qentare “minstrel [f.]” ✧ PE23/85 (qentarē)

Cognates

• Ilk. cwindor “narrator” ✧ Ety/KWET
• ᴹT. pentro “reciter, minstrel” ✧ PE18/50
• N. pethron “narrator, reciter, minstrel” ✧ Ety/KWET; PE18/50
• ON. pentro “reciter, minstrel” ✧ PE18/50

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶kwentrō “narrator, reciter, minstrel” ✧ Ety/KWET; PE18/50 (kwe-n-trō); PE19/40
  • < ᴹ√KWET “say” ✧ Ety/KWET; PE18/50; PE19/40; PE19/40

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶kwentrō > qentaro	[kwentrō] > [kwentarō] > [kwentaro]	✧ Ety/KWET
ᴹ✶kwe-n-trō > qentaro	[kwentrō] > [kwentarō] > [kwentaro]	✧ PE18/51
ᴹ✶kwentrō > quentaro	[kwentrō] > [kwentarō] > [kwentaro]	✧ PE19/40