Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Celtic

c. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Celtic (c. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 18 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic.

See Proto-Celtic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Celtic branch — Continental Celtic (Gaulish, Celtiberian, all extinct) and Insular Celtic (Goidelic: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx; Brittonic: Welsh, Breton, Cornish).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE

Descendants 5

Sister languages 10

Also descended from Proto-Indo-European.

Sources