Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sālos

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

Alternative forms

  • *salos (Brittonic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- (“salt”).[1]

Noun

*sālos m[1]

  1. saltwater

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sālos *sālou *sāloi
vocative *sāle *sālou *sāloi
accusative *sālom *sālou *sālons
genitive *sālī *sālous *sālom
dative *sālūi *sālobom *sālobos
locative *sālei *? *?
instrumental *sālū *sālobim *sālūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hal
  • Old Irish: sál, sáile

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*salano-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
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