Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snīs

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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

Alternative forms

  • *snīsnīs

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nēs, a modification of *nos, oblique plural form of *éǵh₂ (I).

Pronoun

*snīs (accusative *snos, singular *mī)

  1. we

Descendants

  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: ne
      • Middle Breton: ne
        • Breton: ne
    • Cornish: ny
    • Old Welsh: ni
      • Middle Welsh: ny
  • Old Irish: sní
  • Gaulish: sni-

From reduplicated *snīsnīs:

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