Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/astilis

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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

Etymology

Apparently a derivative of *h₃ésth₁ (bone), whence also *ast (rib).[1]

Noun

*astilis f[2]

  1. part, joint

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *astilis *astilī *astilīs
vocative *astili *astilī *astilīs
accusative *astilim *astilī *astilims
genitive *astileis *astilyow *astilyom
dative *astilei *astilibom *astilibos
locative *astilei *? *?
instrumental *astilī *astilibim *astilibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *ėsɨl
  • Old Irish: aisil, aisel, asil

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović, Zagreb, page 3