Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kentusamonyos
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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]From *kentus (“first”) + *samon- (“summer”), an n-stem related to *samos (“summer”), + *-yos.
Noun
[edit]*kentusamonyos m[1]
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kentusamonyos | *kentusamonyou | *kentusamonyoi |
| vocative | *kentusamonye | *kentusamonyou | *kentusamonyoi |
| accusative | *kentusamonyom | *kentusamonyou | *kentusamonyons |
| genitive | *kentusamonyī | *kentusamonyous | *kentusamonyom |
| dative | *kentusamonyūi | *kentusamonyobom | *kentusamonyobos |
| locative | *kentusamonyei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *kentusamonyū | *kentusamonyobim | *kentusamonyūis |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *kɨntühaβ̃in
- Old Irish: cétamain
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kentu-samonyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
- ^ Koch, John (2004), “*kintu-samīno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 32
- ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, page 265: “MW cyntefin ‘May(day)’ < *kintu-samonis\ cf. OIr. cétamuin ‘May(day)’”