Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/seibaris

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

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”) or from a substrate language.

Noun

*seibaris m

1. demon, spectre

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*seibaris	*seibarī	*seibarīs
vocative	*seibari	*seibarī	*seibarīs
accusative	*seibarim	*seibarī	*seibarims
genitive	*seibareis	*seibaryow	*seibaryom
dative	*seibarei	*seibaribom	*seibaribos
locative	*seibarei	*?	*?
instrumental	*seibarī	*seibaribim	*seibaribis

Derived terms

• *Windo-seibaris f
  • Proto-Brythonic: *Gwɨnnohuɨβar, *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar
    • Breton: Gwenivar
    • Middle Cornish: Gwynnever [ca. 1500]
      • Cornish: Jennifer, Gweniver
      • → English: Jennifer
    • Old Welsh: *Guinhuifar (< *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar?)
      • Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
        • Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
      • → Medieval Latin: Guennuvar [ca. 1130], Guanhuuara [ca. 1136], Guennuuar [ca. 1150], Wennevereia [ca. 1220]
        • Old French: Genievre
          • Middle French: Genievre
            • French: Guenièvre
          • → Middle English: Guinevere
            • English: Guinevere
          • → Galician: Xenebra
          • → Italian: Ginevra
          • → Portuguese: Genebra
          • → Spanish: Ginebra
  • Old Irish: Findabair
    • Middle Irish: Finnabair
      • Irish: Fionnabhair

Descendants

• Old Irish: síabair (i-stem), síabar (o-stem)