Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snīs

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

Alternative forms

• *snīsnīs

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nēs, a modification of *nos, oblique plural form of *éǵh₂ (“I”).

Pronoun

*snīs (accusative *snos, singular *mī)

1. we

Descendants

• Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: ne
    • Middle Breton: ne
      • Breton: ne
  • Cornish: ny
  • Old Welsh: ni
    • Middle Welsh: ny
      • Welsh: ni
• Old Irish: sní
• Gaulish: sni-

From reduplicated *snīsnīs:

• Proto-Brythonic: *nini
  • Middle Welsh: nini
• Old Irish: snisni, nini, sinni
  • Irish: sinn
  • Manx: shin
  • Scottish Gaelic: sinn