Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/segnos

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

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seg- (to attach, touch, sow),[1] or perhaps from *segos +‎ *-nos.

Noun edit

*segnos m[1]

  1. trap, snare

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *segnos *segnou *segnoi
vocative *segne *segnou *segnūs
accusative *segnom *segnou *segnoms
genitive *segnī *segnous *segnom
dative *segnūi *segnobom *segnobos
locative *segnei *? *?
instrumental *segnū *segnobim *segnūis

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Brythonic: (<*sognos)
  • Middle Irish: sén

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*segno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 327