Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sūdyā
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Oft-considered cognates include Lithuanian súodžiai, Proto-Slavic *saďa, and most controversially Proto-Germanic *sōtą, all meaning "soot". For these three, Matasović reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *seh₃wd- as their common root, independent of *sed- (“to sit”) from which the Germanic word was traditionally derived.[1] The Celtic would require a metathesis of *-h₃w- to *-uh₃- in this root.
The Germanic word in particular requires what Kroonen calls "Mahlow's law", where long vowels in open syllables caused a following -w- to be lost in Germanic, for Matasović's etymology to work. Kroonen does not deal with Proto-Germanic *sōtą in his dictionary.
Noun[edit]
*sūdyā f
Inflection[edit]
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sūdyā | *sūdyai | *sūdyās |
| vocative | *sūdyā | *sūdyai | *sūdyās |
| accusative | *sūdyam | *sūdyai | *sūdyāms |
| genitive | *sūdyās | *sūdyous | *sūdyom |
| dative | *sūdyāi | *sūdyābom | *sūdyābos |
| locative | *sūdyai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *sūdyābim | *sūdyābis |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 358-359
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 125