Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sanis

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 *senH- (without); cognate with Sanskrit सनुतर् (sanutar, away, aside), Latin sine (without), Proto-Germanic *sundraz (separated).[1]

Adjective edit

*sanis[1]

  1. different

Inflection edit

I-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *sanis *sanī *sanīs
vocative *sani *sanī *sanīs
accusative *sanim *sanī *sanims
genitive *sanēs *sanyou *sanyom
dative *sanē *sanibom *sanibos
instrumental *sanī *sanibim *sanibis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *sanis *sanī *sanīs
vocative *sani *sanī *sanīs
accusative *sanim *sanī *sanims
genitive *sanēs *sanyou *sanyom
dative *sanē *sanibom *sanibos
instrumental *sanī *sanibim *sanibis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *sani *sanī *sanyā
vocative *sani *sanī *sanyā
accusative *sani *sanī *sanyā
genitive *sanois *sanois *sanyom
dative *sanē *sanibom *sanibos
instrumental *sanī *sanibim *sanibis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: han
      • Middle Breton: ahanoff (from me)
    • Cornish: ohanaw (from him)
    • Old Welsh: han
    • Old Welsh: hanaud (from him)
  • Old Irish: sain

References edit

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