Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sɸenyos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *sptén-yo-s, from *pstḗn (“teat”).

Noun

*sɸenyos m^[1]^[2]

teat, nipple, pap

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sɸenyos	*sɸenyou	*sɸenyoi
vocative	*sɸenye	*sɸenyou	*sɸenyoi
accusative	*sɸenyom	*sɸenyou	*sɸenyons
genitive	*sɸenyī	*sɸenyous	*sɸenyom
dative	*sɸenyūi	*sɸenyobom	*sɸenyobos
locative	*sɸenyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*sɸenyū	*sɸenyobim	*sɸenyūis

Descendants

Old Irish: sine
- Irish: sine
- Manx: sheeiney
- Scottish Gaelic: sine
- ⇒ Middle Irish: triphne (“having three teats”)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sfenyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*psténos”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 81-82: “*spenii̯o-”

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sfenyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 333

[2] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*psténos”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 81-82: “*spenii̯o-”

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