Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sounos
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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
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *supnós, from *swep- (“to sleep”) + *-nós.
Noun
*sounos m[1]
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sownos | *sownou | *sownoi |
| vocative | *sowne | *sownou | *sownūs |
| accusative | *sownom | *sownou | *sownoms |
| genitive | *sownī | *sownous | *sownom |
| dative | *sownūi | *sownobom | *sownobos |
| locative | *sownei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *sownū | *sownobim | *sownūis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *hʉn
- Old Irish: súan
- Gaulish: *sounos[2]
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Kissōnyos (“Gaulish deity associated with Mercury”)
- → Latin: Cissonius
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Kissōnyos (“Gaulish deity associated with Mercury”)
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sowno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “sounos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 279