Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skeidā

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

No etymology assigned by the EDPC.[1] Pokorny suggests a derivation from *skeyd- (“to cut”), which also appears in Latin scindō.[2]

Noun

*skeidā f

  1. shoulder

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *skeidā *skeidai *skeidās
vocative *skeidā *skeidai *skeidās
accusative *skeidam *skeidai *skeidāns
genitive *skeidās *skeidous *skeidom
dative *skeidāi *skeidābom *skeidābos
locative *skeidai *? *?
instrumental *? *skeidābim *skeidābis

Reconstruction

  • The masculine gender in Goidelic is probably taken over from *skeitos (“shield”).[2]

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *skuɨð
    • Middle Breton: scoaz
      • Breton: skoaz
    • Old Cornish: scuid
    • Old Welsh: iscuid
  • Old Irish: scíath (“wing”) (conflated with scíath (“shield”))

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “skēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 341
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 221
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