Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sleixsantī

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 *sleixs- +‎ *-antī (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pléygʰ-s-, from *(s)pleygʰ- (“to go, move”) (compare Sanskrit: प्लेहते (plehate)). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλιχάς (plikhás, “space between thighs”), πλίσσομαι (plíssomai, “to cross the legs”).[1]

Noun

*sleixsantī f

  1. thigh

Declension

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *slēxsantī *slēxsantī *slēxsantiyās
vocative *slēxsantī *slēxsantī *slēxsantiyās
accusative *slēxsantīm *slēxsantī *slēxsantīns
genitive *slēxsantyās *slēxsantyous *slēxsantyom
dative *slēxsantyai *slēxsantyābom *slēxsantyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *slēxsantyābim *slēxsantyābis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: sliassait (“shank”)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλίσσομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1211
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