Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sindos

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 *só (that) + -m̥ (compare *sih₂m̥, accusative of *sih₂) + *de ~ *do (demonstrative particle).[1][2]

Determiner edit

*sindos

  1. this

Declension edit

Irregular
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *sindos *sindou *sindoi
vocative *sinde *sindou *sindūs
accusative *sindom *sindou *sindoms
genitive *sindī *sindous *sindoisom
dative *sindūi *sindobom *sindobos
instrumental *sindū *sindobim *sindobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *sindā *sindai *sindās
vocative *sindā *sindai *sindās
accusative *sindam *sindai *sindams
genitive *sindās *sindous *sindoisom
dative *sindai *sindābom *sindābos
instrumental *? *sindābim *sindābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *sosim, sinde *sindou *sindā
vocative *sosim, sinde *sindou *sindā
accusative *sosim, sinde *sindou *sindā
genitive *sindī *sindous *sindoisom
dative *sindūi *sindobom *sindobos
instrumental *sindū *sindobim *sindobis

Descendants edit

  • Old Irish: sin, in
  • Brythonic:

References edit

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “sindo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 336–37