Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/samonis

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).^[1]

Noun

*samonis f^[1]

assembly, (feast of the) first month of the year

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*samonis	*samonī	*samonīs
vocative	*samoni	*samonī	*samonīs
accusative	*samonim	*samonī	*samonims
genitive	*samoneis	*samonyow	*samonyom
dative	*samonei	*samonibom	*samonibos
locative	*samonei	*?	*?
instrumental	*samonī	*samonibim	*samonibis

Descendants

Gaulish: samon- (<Coligny calendar)
Old Irish: samain

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*samoni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 322

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*samoni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 322

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