Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swantos

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

The etymology is uncertain.

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (“good”), making it cognate with *su- (“good”), though the phonetic development is uncertain.
From Proto-Indo-European *swentos (“strong, vigorous, active, healthy”), though there is a difference in semantics.
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), source of Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía, “one's property, substance”).

Noun

*swantos m

desire

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*swantos	*swantou	*swantoi
vocative	*swante	*swantou	*swantūs
accusative	*swantom	*swantou	*swantoms
genitive	*swantī	*swantous	*swantom
dative	*swantūi	*swantobom	*swantobos
locative	*swantei	*?	*?
instrumental	*swantū	*swantobim	*swantūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *hwant (“desire”)
- Breton: c'hoant
- Cornish: hwans
- Middle Welsh: chwant
  - Welsh: chwant
- →? Old Irish: sant (“desire, avarice”)
  - Irish: saint
  - Manx: saynt
  - Scottish Gaelic: sannt
Old Irish: sét (“object of value”)
- Irish: seoid, séad
- Scottish Gaelic: seud

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “swanto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 361
^ Ériu; the Journal of the School of Irish Learning, Dublin, Volumes 11-12, p. 131

[mat-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “swanto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 361

[2] Ériu; the Journal of the School of Irish Learning, Dublin, Volumes 11-12, p. 131

Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swantos

Contents

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

References

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