Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/senisteros

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 *senos (“old”) +‎ *-is- (comparative suffix) +‎ *-teros (contrastive/oppositive suffix).^[1]

Adjective

*senisteros

elder

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*senisteros	*senisterou	*senisteroi
vocative	*senistere	*senisterou	*senisteroi
accusative	*senisterom	*senisterou	*senisterons
genitive	*senisterī	*senisterous	*senisterom
dative	*senisterūi	*senisterobom	*senisterobos
instrumental	*senisterū	*senisterobim	*senisterobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*senisterā	*senisterai	*senisterās
vocative	*senisterā	*senisterai	*senisterās
accusative	*senisteram	*senisterai	*senisterans
genitive	*senisterās	*senisterous	*senisterom
dative	*senisterai	*senisterābom	*senisterābos
instrumental	*?	*senisterābim	*senisterābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*senisterom	*senisterou	*senisterā
vocative	*senisterom	*senisterou	*senisterā
accusative	*senisterom	*senisterou	*senisterā
genitive	*senisterī	*senisterous	*senisterom
dative	*senisterūi	*senisterobom	*senisterobos
instrumental	*senisterū	*senisterobim	*senisterobis

Descendants

Old Irish: sinser
- Irish: sinsear
- Scottish Gaelic: sinnsear
Gaulish:^[2]
- → Latin: Seniserus, Sinisserus

References

^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 425-426
^ Prósper, Blanca María (2018) “The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy: Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene”, in Voprosy onomastiki, volume 15, number 2, →DOI, pages 108–138

[1] Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 425-426

[2] Prósper, Blanca María (2018) “The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy: Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene”, in Voprosy onomastiki, volume 15, number 2, →DOI, pages 108–138

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