Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sīros

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-ró-s, from *seh₁- (“long, lasting”) +‎ *-rós. Cognate with Latin serus (“late”).^[1]

Adjective edit

*sīros (comparative *seis)^[1]

long

Inflection edit

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sīros	*sīrou	*sīroi
vocative	*sīre	*sīrou	*sīroi
accusative	*sīrom	*sīrou	*sīroms
genitive	*sīrī	*sīrous	*sīrom
dative	*sīrūi	*sīrobom	*sīrobos
instrumental	*sīrū	*sīrobim	*sīrobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sīrā	*sīrai	*sīrās
vocative	*sīrā	*sīrai	*sīrās
accusative	*sīram	*sīrai	*sīrams
genitive	*sīrās	*sīrous	*sīrom
dative	*sīrai	*sīrābom	*sīrābos
instrumental	*?	*sīrābim	*sīrābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sīrom	*sīrou	*sīrā
vocative	*sīrom	*sīrou	*sīrā
accusative	*sīrom	*sīrou	*sīrā
genitive	*sīrī	*sīrous	*sīrom
dative	*sīrūi	*sīrobom	*sīrobos
instrumental	*sīrū	*sīrobim	*sīrobis

Descendants edit

Proto-Brythonic: *hir
- Middle Breton: hir
  - Breton: hir
    - Breton: maen-hir
      - → French: menhir
- Cornish: hir, hyr
- Old Welsh: hir
  - Middle Welsh: hir
    - Welsh: hir
Old Irish: sír
- Irish: síor
- Manx: sheer-
- Scottish Gaelic: sìor

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sīro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 337

[EDPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sīro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 337

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