Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saitus

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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 *sh₂ey- (to bind, fetter).[1]

Noun

*saitus m[1]

  1. labour, illness

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *saitus *saitū *saitowes
vocative *saitu *saitū *saitūs
accusative *saitum *saitū *saitums
genitive *saitous *saitous *saitowom
dative *saitou *saitubom *saitubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *saitū *saitubim *saitubis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: sáeth

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*saytu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325