Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slānos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-, but Matasović and others list entirely different cognate sets to each other:
- Matasović lists Latin sōlor (“to comfort, soothe”), Ancient Greek ἱλάσκομαι (hiláskomai, “to appease”) and Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind”);[1]
- Delamarre lists Latin salvus, Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos), and Sanskrit सर्व (sarva),[2] all meaning "whole".
Adjective
*slānos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slānos | *slānou | *slānoi |
| vocative | *slāne | *slānou | *slānoi |
| accusative | *slānom | *slānou | *slānons |
| genitive | *slānī | *slānous | *slānom |
| dative | *slānūi | *slānobom | *slānobos |
| instrumental | *slānū | *slānobim | *slānobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slānā | *slānai | *slānās |
| vocative | *slānā | *slānai | *slānās |
| accusative | *slānam | *slānai | *slānans |
| genitive | *slānās | *slānous | *slānom |
| dative | *slānai | *slānābom | *slānābos |
| instrumental | *? | *slānābim | *slānābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slānom | *slānou | *slānā |
| vocative | *slānom | *slānou | *slānā |
| accusative | *slānom | *slānou | *slānā |
| genitive | *slānī | *slānous | *slānom |
| dative | *slānūi | *slānobom | *slānobos |
| instrumental | *slānū | *slānobim | *slānobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slānyūs | *? | *slānyoses |
| vocative | *slānyūs | *? | *slānyoses |
| accusative | *slānyosam | *? | *slānyosans |
| genitive | *slānisos | *? | *slānisom |
| dative | *slānisei | *? | *slānisbos |
| instrumental | *slānisī | *? | *slānisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slānyūs | *? | *slānyoses |
| vocative | *slānyūs | *? | *slānyoses |
| accusative | *slānyosam | *? | *slānyosans |
| genitive | *slānisos | *? | *slānisom |
| dative | *slānisei | *? | *slānisbos |
| instrumental | *slānisī | *? | *slānisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *slānis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *slānis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *slānis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *slānisos | *? | *slānisom |
| dative | *slānisei | *? | *slānisbos |
| instrumental | *slānisī | *? | *slānisbis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: slán
- ⇒ Gaulish: slanossiietumi (“that may heal me”, 3sg. fut. imp.)
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slāno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
- ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “slanossiietum”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 276