Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/satyos
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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
Matasović notes two possible roots this could be derived from: either Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) or Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate”). Derivation from *seh₂- was popularized by Calvert Watkins.[1][2]
Noun
*satyos m
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *satyos | *satyou | *satyoi |
| vocative | *satye | *satyou | *satyūs |
| accusative | *satyom | *satyou | *satyoms |
| genitive | *satyī | *satyous | *satyom |
| dative | *satyūi | *satyobom | *satyobos |
| locative | *satyei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *satyū | *satyobim | *satyūis |
Reconstruction notes
Matasović's derivation of the Brittonic descendants from an i-stem form is erroneous and impossible, as *a was not subject to final i-affection by short i in Brittonic.[3] Only *-yos can account for the i-affected forms.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sati-, *satyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 323-324
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 356
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 265