Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/satyos

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

Matasović notes two possible roots this could be derived from: either Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”) or Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate”). Derivation from *seh₂- was popularized by Calvert Watkins.[1][2]

Noun

*satyos m

  1. swarm

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *satyos *satyou *satyoi
vocative *satye *satyou *satyoi
accusative *satyom *satyou *satyons
genitive *satyī *satyous *satyom
dative *satyūi *satyobom *satyobos
locative *satyei *? *?
instrumental *satyū *satyobim *satyūis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's derivation of the Brittonic descendants from an i-stem form is erroneous and impossible, as *a was not subject to final i-affection by short i in Brittonic.[3] Only *-yos can account for the i-affected forms.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hėd
  • Old Irish: saithe

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sati-, *satyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 323-324
  2. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 356
  3. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 265
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