Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/esyo

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *ésyo, genitive singular of *éy.

Pronoun

*esyo m or n (feminine *esyās, plural *ēsom)

  1. his
  2. its (with masculine or neuter referent)

Descendants

Descendants of *esyo generally triggered lenition, distinguishing it from feminine *esyās and plural *eisom, which triggered different mutations.

  • Proto-Brythonic: *eið
    • Middle Breton: e
      • Breton: e
    • Cornish: y
    • Old Welsh: hi, i
      • Middle Welsh: y (“his, its”) (determiner), eidaw (disjunctive)
  • Old Irish: a (“his, its”) (determiner), aí (disjunctive)
    • Irish: a (“his, its”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: a (“his, its”)
    • Manx: e

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
  3. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 319
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