Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-inyā

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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

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Suffix

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*-inyā f (masculine *-inyos)[1]

  1. Forms feminine singulative nouns.

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-inyā *-inyai *-inyās
vocative *-inyā *-inyai *-inyās
accusative *-inyam *-inyai *-inyāms
genitive *-inyās *-inyous *-inyom
dative *-inyāi *-inyābom *-inyābos
locative *-inyai *? *?
instrumental *? *-inyābim *-inyābis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *-enn
    • Old Breton: -enn
    • Old Cornish: -en
      • Middle Cornish: -en
    • Old Welsh: -en
  • Old Irish: -ne f, -ine

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 260, 324

Further reading

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  • Irslinger, Britta (2010) “Les dérivés gallois, cornique -yn/-en, breton -enn et irlandais -ne: fonction et sémantique”, in La Bretagne Linguistique[1], pages 57-58