Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sentikī

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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

Femininization of *sentus (“way”) +‎ *-ikos (adjective suffix).

Noun

*sentikī f[1]

  1. female companion

Inflection

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sentikī *sentikī *sentikiyās
vocative *sentikī *sentikī *sentikiyās
accusative *sentikīm *sentikī *sentikīms
genitive *sentikyās *sentikyous *sentikyom
dative *sentikyai *sentikyābom *sentikyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *sentikyābim *sentikyābis

Reconstruction notes

  • Matasović's reconstruction *sentākī is erroneous, as palatalization of the dental consonant is consistently attested for Old Irish séitig.

Descendants

  • Old Irish: séitig
  • → Ancient Greek: Σεντική (Sentikḗ) (name of a Spanish place; via Celtiberian?)

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “sentice”, 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, page 271
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