Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-iyos

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 an enlargement of *-os (agent suffix) by analogy with the feminine abstract suffix *-iyā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-ós (agent suffix).

Suffix

*-iyos m[1]

  1. forms agent nouns
    ‎*sag- (“to seek”) + ‎*-iyos → ‎*sagiyos (“seeker”)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-yos *-you *-yoi
vocative *-ye *-you *-yoi
accusative *-yom *-you *-yons
genitive *-yī *-yous *-yom
dative *-yūi *-yobom *-yobos
locative *-yei *? *?
instrumental *-yū *-yobim *-yūis

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-iyos
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-biyos
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/bo(u)giyos
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷoniyos
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lexsowiyos
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Ogmiyos
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sagiyos

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *-ɨð

References

  1. ^ Jørgensen, Anders Richardt (2022) “Celtic”, in The Indo-European Language Family, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 142
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