Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸīsselos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Adjectival derivative of *ɸīssu (“below”), possibly formed analogically to its antonym *ouxselos (“high”).[1]
Adjective
*ɸīsselos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸīsselos | *ɸīsselou | *ɸīsseloi |
| vocative | *ɸīssele | *ɸīsselou | *ɸīsseloi |
| accusative | *ɸīsselom | *ɸīsselou | *ɸīsselons |
| genitive | *ɸīsselī | *ɸīsselous | *ɸīsselom |
| dative | *ɸīsselūi | *ɸīsselobom | *ɸīsselobos |
| instrumental | *ɸīsselū | *ɸīsselobim | *ɸīsselobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸīsselā | *ɸīsselai | *ɸīsselās |
| vocative | *ɸīsselā | *ɸīsselai | *ɸīsselās |
| accusative | *ɸīsselam | *ɸīsselai | *ɸīsselans |
| genitive | *ɸīsselās | *ɸīsselous | *ɸīsselom |
| dative | *ɸīsselai | *ɸīsselābom | *ɸīsselābos |
| instrumental | *? | *ɸīsselābim | *ɸīsselābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸīsselom | *ɸīsselou | *ɸīsselā |
| vocative | *ɸīsselom | *ɸīsselou | *ɸīsselā |
| accusative | *ɸīsselom | *ɸīsselou | *ɸīsselā |
| genitive | *ɸīsselī | *ɸīsselous | *ɸīsselom |
| dative | *ɸīsselūi | *ɸīsselobom | *ɸīsselobos |
| instrumental | *ɸīsselū | *ɸīsselobim | *ɸīsselobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸīsselyūs | *? | *ɸīsselyoses |
| vocative | *ɸīsselyūs | *? | *ɸīsselyoses |
| accusative | *ɸīsselyosam | *? | *ɸīsselyosans |
| genitive | *ɸīsselisos | *? | *ɸīsselisom |
| dative | *ɸīsselisei | *? | *ɸīsselisbos |
| instrumental | *ɸīsselisī | *? | *ɸīsselisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸīsselyūs | *? | *ɸīsselyoses |
| vocative | *ɸīsselyūs | *? | *ɸīsselyoses |
| accusative | *ɸīsselyosam | *? | *ɸīsselyosans |
| genitive | *ɸīsselisos | *? | *ɸīsselisom |
| dative | *ɸīsselisei | *? | *ɸīsselisbos |
| instrumental | *ɸīsselisī | *? | *ɸīsselisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *ɸīsselis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *ɸīsselis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *ɸīsselis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *ɸīsselisos | *? | *ɸīsselisom |
| dative | *ɸīsselisei | *? | *ɸīsselisbos |
| instrumental | *ɸīsselisī | *? | *ɸīsselisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *isel
- Old Irish: ísel
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fīsselo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 130–131