Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sondos

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 *som (accusative singular of *so) +‎ *de (connective particle), fitted with inflectional endings.^[1]

Pronoun

*sondos m (feminine *sondā)

this

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sondos	*sondou	*sondoi
vocative	*sonde	*sondou	*sondoi
accusative	*sondom	*sondou	*sondons
genitive	*sondī	*sondous	*sondom
dative	*sondūi	*sondobom	*sondobos
locative	*sondei	*?	*?
instrumental	*sondū	*sondobim	*sondūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *hunn sg, *hünn pl
- ⇒ Middle Breton: heman, hema
  - Breton: hemañ
- Middle Cornish: hemma
- Middle Welsh: hwnn, hun, hwn
  - Welsh: hwn
Old Irish: sund (from the dative singular)

References

^ Peter Schrijver (1997) Studies in the History of Celtic Pronouns and Particles (Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics; II), Maynooth: The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN

[1] Peter Schrijver (1997) Studies in the History of Celtic Pronouns and Particles (Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics; II), Maynooth: The Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN

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