Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/seibaris

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. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”) or from a substrate language.^[1]

Noun

*seibaris m^[1]

demon, spectre

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*seibaris	*seibarī	*seibarīs
vocative	*seibari	*seibarī	*seibarīs
accusative	*seibarim	*seibarī	*seibarins
genitive	*seibareis	*seibaryow	*seibaryom
dative	*seibarei	*seibaribom	*seibaribos
locative	*seibarei	*?	*?
instrumental	*seibarī	*seibaribim	*seibaribis

Derived terms

*Windo-seibaris f
- Proto-Brythonic: *Gwɨnnohuɨβar, *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar
  - Breton: Gwenivar
  - Middle Cornish: Gwynnever [ca. 1500]
    - Cornish: Jennifer, Gweniver
    - → English: Jennifer
  - Old Welsh: *Guinhuifar (< *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar?)
    - Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
      - Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
    - → Medieval Latin: Guennuvar [ca. 1130], Guanhuuara [ca. 1136], Guennuuar [ca. 1150], Wennevereia [ca. 1220]
      - Old French: Genievre
        Middle French: Genievre
        French: Guenièvre
        → Middle English: Guinevere
        English: Guinevere
        → Galician: Xenebra
        → Italian: Ginevra
        → Portuguese: Genebra
        → Spanish: Ginebra
- Old Irish: Findabair
  - Middle Irish: Finnabair
    - Irish: Fionnabhair

Descendants

Old Irish: síabair (i-stem), síabar (o-stem)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sēbro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 325, 443

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sēbro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 325, 443

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