Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swe

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 Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronoun

*swe[1]

  1. -self

Usage notes

Not used alone in Insular Celtic, where it solely appears chained to other pronouns and *de.

Derived terms

These derivations are principally taken from Schrijver (1997, pp. 72-78, 83-90).[2]

  • *swe sim
    • Old Irish: féin
      • Middle Irish: féin
  • *swe de sim
  • *swe sī sim
    • Old Irish: físin
  • *swe de sī sim
    • Old Irish: fadísin
  • *swe snīs sim
    • Old Irish: fanisin
  • *em de swe
    • Proto-Brythonic: *ɨntuw
      • ⇒ Middle Cornish: ottense (“behold him!”)
      • Middle Welsh: ynteu
  • *sī de swe
    • Middle Welsh: hitheu
  • *tū de swe
    • Middle Welsh: titheu

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swe-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 361-2
  2. ^ 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 72-78, 83-90
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