Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/esyās

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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

Pronoun

*esyās f (masculine and neuter *esyo, plural *ēsom)

  1. her, hers (possessive)
  2. its (with feminine referent)

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *(h)eið
    • Middle Breton: he
      • Breton: he
    • Cornish: hy
    • Old Welsh: hi, i
      • Middle Welsh: y (determiner), eidi (disjunctive, remodeled like a conjugated preposition)
  • Old Irish: a (her), (hers)
    • Irish: a (her)
    • Scottish Gaelic: a (her)
    • Manx: e (her)

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ei”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Stüber, Karin (2017) “The morphology of Celtic”, in Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 2, De Gruyter Mouton, page 1209 of 1203–1217