Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saitlom

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 *sh₂éytlom (“lifespan, lifetime”).

Noun

*saitlom n^[1]^[2]^[3]

life, age

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*saitlom	*saitlou	*saitlā
vocative	*saitlom	*saitlou	*saitlā
accusative	*saitlom	*saitlou	*saitlā
genitive	*saitlī	*saitlous	*saitlom
dative	*saitlūi	*saitlobom	*saitlobos
locative	*saitlei	*?	*?
instrumental	*saitlū	*saitlobim	*saitlūis

Derived terms

*sīrosaitlom^[4] (+ *sīros (“long”))
- Middle Breton: hirhoazlus

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *hoɨdl
- Old Breton: hoidl
  - Middle Breton: hoazl
    - Breton: hoal
- Cornish: hoedel
- Middle Welsh: hoedl
Gaulish: *sētlom^[4]^[3]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Sētlokēnyā (+ *kēnos (“long”))
  - → Latin: Sētlocēnia (female deity)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*saytlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 324-325
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 234
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Koch, John (2004) “*saitlo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 7
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “setlo- < saitlo-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, pages 272-273

[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*saytlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 324-325

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 234

[EPCW-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Koch, John (2004) “*saitlo-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 7

[DLG-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “setlo- < saitlo-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, pages 272-273

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