Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/salixs

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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

Probably a Wanderwort from an unknown source.[1] Cognate to Latin salix, Proto-Germanic *salhô, and also Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē) with divergent ablaut.

Noun

*salixs f

  1. willow

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *salixs *salike *salikes
vocative *salixs *salike *salikes
accusative *salikam *salike *salikams
genitive *salikos *salikou *salikom
dative *salikei *salikobom *salikobos
locative *saliki
instrumental *salike? *salikobim *salikobis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*salik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 319–320