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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.
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sewyós (“left (handed)”).
Adjective
*souyos[1][2]
- left
- Synonym: *kliyos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*souyos
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*souyou
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*souyoi
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| vocative
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*souye
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*souyou
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*souyoi
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| accusative
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*souyom
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*souyou
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*souyons
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| genitive
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*souyī
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*souyous
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*souyom
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| dative
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*souyūi
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*souyobom
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*souyobos
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| instrumental
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*souyū
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*souyobim
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*souyobis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*souyā
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*souyai
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*souyās
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| vocative
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*souyā
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*souyai
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*souyās
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| accusative
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*souyam
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*souyai
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*souyans
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| genitive
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*souyās
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*souyous
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*souyom
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| dative
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*souyai
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*souyābom
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*souyābos
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| instrumental
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*?
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*souyābim
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*souyābis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*souyom
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*souyou
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*souyā
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| vocative
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*souyom
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*souyou
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*souyā
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| accusative
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*souyom
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*souyou
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*souyā
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| genitive
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*souyī
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*souyous
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*souyom
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| dative
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*souyūi
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*souyobom
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*souyobos
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| instrumental
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*souyū
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*souyobim
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*souyobis
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| Declension of the comparative
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| masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*souyūs
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*?
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*souyoses
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| vocative
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*souyūs
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*?
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*souyoses
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| accusative
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*souyosam
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*?
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*souyosans
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| genitive
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*souyisos
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*?
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*souyisom
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| dative
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*souyisei
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*?
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*souyisbos
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| instrumental
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*souyisī
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*?
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*souyisbis
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| feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*souyūs
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*?
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*souyoses
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| vocative
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*souyūs
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*?
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*souyoses
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| accusative
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*souyosam
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*?
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*souyosans
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| genitive
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*souyisos
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*?
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*souyisom
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| dative
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*souyisei
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*?
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*souyisbos
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| instrumental
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*souyisī
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*?
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*souyisbis
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| neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*souyis
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*?
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*?
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| vocative
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*souyis
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*?
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*?
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| accusative
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*souyis
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*?
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*?
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| genitive
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*souyisos
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*?
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*souyisom
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| dative
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*souyisei
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*?
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*souyisbos
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| instrumental
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*souyisī
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*?
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*souyisbis
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Derived terms
- *assouyā f, *assouyos m (+ *ad- (“to, at, towards”))
- Proto-Brythonic: *assow, *assuɨ
References
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 262, 297, 302
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*assowyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44