Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sɸiyonos

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

Unknown; the only cognate suggesting itself is Latin spiōnia (“a type of grapevine”). It may possibly be a Wanderwort.[1]

Noun

*sɸiyonos m

  1. purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sɸiyonoos *sɸiyonoou *sɸiyonooi
vocative *sɸiyonoe *sɸiyonoou *sɸiyonooi
accusative *sɸiyonoom *sɸiyonoou *sɸiyonoons
genitive *sɸiyonoī *sɸiyonoous *sɸiyonoom
dative *sɸiyonoūi *sɸiyonoobom *sɸiyonoobos
locative *sɸiyonoei *? *?
instrumental *sɸiyonoū *sɸiyonoobim *sɸiyonoūis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović does not specify an inflection type, but Koch narrows it down to o-stem inflection.[2]

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *fion
    • Old Breton: foeou (read as foeon), ⇒ fionauc
    • Old Welsh: fionou pl
  • Middle Irish: sion, sían

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sfiyonV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) “flower”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 130
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