Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swīs

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēs, a variant form of *wos, the oblique form of *yúHs (“you (plural)”).

Alternatively from *swḗs, shortened (and with nominative ending) from *uswé, an accusative of *yúHs.[1]

Pronoun

*swīs (accusative *swes, singular *tū)

  1. you pl

Derived terms

  • *swiswis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hwi
    • Old Breton: hui
    • Cornish: hwi, hwei
    • Old Welsh: hui
  • Old Irish: síi, sí
  • Gaulish: suis[2]

From reduplicated form *swīswīs:

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hwihwi
    • Cornish: hwyhwi
    • Middle Welsh: chwchwi, chwichwi
      • Welsh: chwychwi, chwchwi, chychwi
  • Old Irish: sib

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 859
  2. ^ https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/114125/N_GraecoLatina_13-2008-1_4.pdf
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