Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/subi

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

Presumably from a non-Indo-European substrate loan, though the pattern of declension found in Old Irish suib looks archaic.^[1]

An older hypothesis posited Proto-Indo-European *su-b⁽ʰ⁾- (“to squeeze, pour; juice”) as the source.

Noun

*subi n

strawberry

Declension

Neuter i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*subi	*subī	*subyā
vocative	*subi	*subī	*subyā
accusative	*subi	*subī	*subyā
genitive	*subois	*subois	*subyom
dative	*subei	*subibom	*subibos
locative	*subei	*?	*?
instrumental	*subī	*subibim	*subibis

Derived terms

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: siuy
  - Breton: sivi
- Old Cornish: syvyen sg
  - Cornish: sevi
- Middle Welsh: syui
  - Welsh: syfi f
Old Irish: suib
- Middle Irish: sub f
  - Irish: sú (“red berry”), subh, súgh (superseded), subh (“jam”)
  - Manx: soo
  - Scottish Gaelic: sùbh

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

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