Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sɸenyos

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 *sptén-yo-s, from *pstḗn (teat).

Noun edit

*sɸenyos m[1][2]

  1. teat, nipple, pap

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sɸenyos *sɸenyou *sɸenyoi
vocative *sɸenye *sɸenyou *sɸenyūs
accusative *sɸenyom *sɸenyou *sɸenyoms
genitive *sɸenyī *sɸenyous *sɸenyom
dative *sɸenyūi *sɸenyobom *sɸenyobos
locative *sɸenyei *? *?
instrumental *sɸenyū *sɸenyobim *sɸenyūis

Descendants edit

  • Old Irish: sine
    • Irish: sine
    • Manx: sheeiney
    • Scottish Gaelic: sine

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sfenyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*psténos”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 81-82:*spenii̯o-