Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stlissus

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.

Disputed. Summarized from Irslinger (2002):^[1]

• Pedersen, implying *sɸlixstus, relates this to Ancient Greek πλίσσομαι (plíssomai) via a putative Proto-Indo-European *(s)pleygʰ-. Frisk, Mayrhofer, and Schrijver reject this connection.
• Foy, LEIA, Hamp (and also Matasović^[2]) go for a connection to Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to spread”), via an extended *st(é)l-t-tus. This requires posing an isolated -t- extension to the root, which does not satisfy Irslinger.
• Irslinger, citing De Bernardo Stempel, prefers to derive this from a root *spelt-, avoiding the need for an aberrant root extension.

*stlissus m

1. side

• *slissus
• *sɸlissus
• *sɸlixstus

• Proto-Brythonic: *stlɨs (as a noun), *llɨs- (as a prefix)
  • Middle Welsh: ystlys
    • Welsh: ystlys, llys-
• Old Irish: slis
  • Middle Irish: slis
    • Irish: slios
    • Scottish Gaelic: slios
    • Manx: slyst