Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/soso

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 *so (“this”) compounded onto itself[1] (or in other words, reduplicated).

Pronoun

*soso m

  1. this

Inflection

Irregular
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *soso — *sosoi
vocative *? — *?
accusative *sosom — *sosons
genitive *sososyo — *sosoisom
dative *sososmūi — *sosoibos
instrumental *? — *sosoibis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *sosā — *sosās
vocative *sosā — *sosās
accusative *sosām — *sosans
genitive *sososyās — *sosāsom
dative *sososmai — *sosābos
instrumental *? — *sosābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *sosod — *sosā
vocative *sosod — *sosā
accusative *sosod — *sosā
genitive *sososyo — *sosoisom
dative *sososmūi — *sosoibos
instrumental *? — *sosoibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *höw (acc. pl. m.), *hoh (acc. sg. m; acc. pl. f.) (surviving in 3pl. conjugated prepositions)
    • Old Breton: -ou (< *sosons), -o (< *sosāns)
      • Middle Breton: -eu
        • Breton: -e (< *sosons), -o (< *sosāns)
    • Middle Cornish: -o (< *sosom)
  • Old Irish: (conjugated preposition endings) -e (3sg. fem. acc.) (< *sosām), -u (3pl. acc.) (< *sosons)

References

  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, pages 33-39
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