Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/strutis

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stru-tis, from *stru- (“gray-haired, old”). Only Balto-Slavic cognates are known, such as Polish stryj (“uncle”).^[1]

Adjective

*strutis

old, senior

Inflection

I-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strutis	*strutī	*strutīs
vocative	*struti	*strutī	*strutīs
accusative	*strutim	*strutī	*strutins
genitive	*struteis	*strutyou	*strutyom
dative	*strutei	*strutibom	*strutibos
instrumental	*strutī	*strutibim	*strutibis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strutis	*strutī	*strutīs
vocative	*struti	*strutī	*strutīs
accusative	*strutim	*strutī	*strutins
genitive	*struteis	*strutyou	*strutyom
dative	*strutei	*strutibom	*strutibos
instrumental	*strutī	*strutibim	*strutibis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*struti	*strutī	*strutyā
vocative	*struti	*strutī	*strutyā
accusative	*struti	*strutī	*strutyā
genitive	*strutois	*strutois	*strutyom
dative	*strutē	*strutibom	*strutibos
instrumental	*strutī	*strutibim	*strutibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *strud
- Old Breton: strot
- Old Welsh: strutiu pl
Old Irish: sruith (“old, venerable”)
- Irish: sruith

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*struti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 357-358

[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*struti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 357-358

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