Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gansis

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 *ǵʰh₂éns.

Noun

*gansis f^[1]

swan

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gansis	*gansī	*gansīs
vocative	*gansi	*gansī	*gansīs
accusative	*gansim	*gansī	*gansims
genitive	*ganseis	*gansyow	*gansyom
dative	*gansei	*gansibom	*gansibos
locative	*gansei	*?	*?
instrumental	*gansī	*gansibim	*gansibis

Descendants

Old Irish: géiss

Derived terms

*gasogʷonā (a dissimilated reflex of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂n̥so-gʷʰon-éh₂ (literally “goose-killer”))^[2]
- Proto-Brythonic: *gahoɣwon
  - Old Cornish: gahen
  - → Middle Irish: gafann, gafand, gaffand, gaphann, gathfann
    - Irish: gafann
    - Scottish Gaelic: gafann, gabhann, gagan

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gansi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
^ Williams, N. J. A. (1989) Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney, Maynooth: An Sagart, page 460

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gansi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151

[2] Williams, N. J. A. (1989) Sages, Saints and Storytellers: Celtic Studies in Honour of Professor James Carney, Maynooth: An Sagart, page 460

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