Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sasyos

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 *sh₁-s-yo-s, from *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with Sanskrit सस्य (sasya), सस (sasa, “crop, grain”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬫𐬀 (hahya, “crop, grain”), 𐬵𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬱 (haŋhuš, “use, profit, fruit”), Hittite 𒊺𒂊𒊭𒀭𒈾𒀸 (še-e-ša-an-na-aš), 𒊺𒂊𒊭𒈾𒀸 (še-e-ša-na-aš, “fruit (tree), harvest, crop”).

Noun

*sasyos m^[1]

rye

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sasyos	*sasyou	*sasyoi
vocative	*sasye	*sasyou	*sasyoi
accusative	*sasyom	*sasyou	*sasyons
genitive	*sasyī	*sasyous	*sasyom
dative	*sasyūi	*sasyobom	*sasyobos
locative	*sasyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*sasyū	*sasyobim	*sasyūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: heidd
  - Welsh: haidd
- Old Breton: heiz, heizen(n)
  - Breton: heiz
- Cornish: heydh
Celtiberian: *sas(s)ia
- → Old Occitan: saisseto (“fine wheat”)
  - Catalan: xeixa
    - → Spanish: jeja
Gaulish: *(s)asyom (perhaps)
- → Ancient Greek: ασιαμ (asiam)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sasyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 323

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sasyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 323

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