Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gnūstis

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

Usually explained as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw, chin”), but the exact derivation process is obscure, especially for the long *ū in this word.[1] Zair speculates that it may have arisen from the old neuter plural ending *-u-h₂.[2]

Noun

*gnūstis f

  1. face
    Synonym: *enīkʷom

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gnūstis *gnūstī *gnūstīs
vocative *gnūsti *gnūstī *gnūstīs
accusative *gnūstim *gnūstī *gnūstins
genitive *gnūsteis *gnūstyow *gnūstyom
dative *gnūstei *gnūstibom *gnūstibos
locative *gnūstei *? *?
instrumental *gnūstī *gnūstibim *gnūstibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gnis
    • Middle Welsh: gnis (hapax)
  • Old Irish: gnúis

References

  1. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 428
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.