Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skʷiyats
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *skwey-, whence came also many Balto-Slavic cognates like Proto-Slavic *xvoja (“conifer needle”).[1]
Noun edit
*skʷiyats f
Inflection edit
| Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *skʷiyats | *skʷiyate | *skʷiyates |
| vocative | *skʷiyats | *skʷiyate | *skʷiyates |
| accusative | *skʷiyatam | *skʷiyate | *skʷiyatams |
| genitive | *skʷiyatos | *skʷiyatou | *skʷiyatom |
| dative | *skʷiyatei | *skʷiyatobom | *skʷiyatobos |
| locative | *skʷiyati | — | — |
| instrumental | *skʷiyate? | *skʷiyatobim | *skʷiyatobis |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skʷiyat-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 339
- ^ James, Alan (2014) The Brittonic Language in the Old North: A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence[1], volume 2: Dictionary, page 260 of 320
- ^ Rhys, Guto (2015) Approaching the Pictish Language: Historiography, Early Evidence and the Question of Pritenic[2], Glasgow: University of Glasgow, page 258-260 of 391