Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saitus

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 *sh₂ey- (to bind, fetter).[1]

Noun edit

*saitus m[1]

  1. labour, illness

Inflection edit

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *saitus *saitū *saitowes
vocative *saitu *saitū *saitūs
accusative *saitum *saitū *saitums
genitive *saitous *saitous *saitowom
dative *saitou *saitubom *saitubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *saitū *saitubim *saitubis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: saeth

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*saytu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325