Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sentikī
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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
editEtymology
editFemininization of *sentus (“way”) + *-ikos (adjective suffix).
Noun
edit*sentikī f[1]
- female companion
Inflection
edit| Feminine ī/yā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sentikī | *sentikī | *sentikiyās |
| vocative | *sentikī | *sentikī | *sentikiyās |
| accusative | *sentikīm | *sentikī | *sentikīms |
| genitive | *sentikyās | *sentikyous | *sentikyom |
| dative | *sentikyai | *sentikyābom | *sentikyābos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *sentikyābim | *sentikyābis |
Reconstruction notes
edit- Matasović's reconstruction *sentākī is erroneous, as palatalization of the dental consonant is consistently attested for Old Irish séitig.
Descendants
edit- Old Irish: séitig
- → Ancient Greek: Σεντική (Sentikḗ) (name of a Spanish place; via Celtiberian?)
- → Latin: Sentice
References
edit- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “sentice”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 271