Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sēbaris

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 *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”).

Noun

*sēbaris m

1. demon, spectre

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sēbaris	*sēbarī	*sēbarīs
vocative	*sēbari	*sēbarī	*sēbarīs
accusative	*sēbarim	*sēbarī	*sēbarims
genitive	*sēbareis	*sēbaryow	*sēbaryom
dative	*sēbarei	*sēbaribom	*sēbaribos
locative	*sēbarei	*?	*?
instrumental	*sēbarī	*sēbaribim	*sēbaribis

Derived terms

• *Windo-sēbaris f
  • Proto-Brythonic: *Gwɨnnohuɨβar, *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar
    • Breton: Gwenivar
    • Middle Cornish: Gwynnever [ca. 1500]
      • Cornish: Jennifer, Gweniver
      • → English: Jennifer
    • Old Welsh: *Guinhuifar (< *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar?)
      • Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
        • Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
      • → Medieval Latin: Guennuvar [ca. 1130], Guanhuuara [ca. 1136], Guennuuar [ca. 1150], Wennevereia [ca. 1220]
        • Old French: Genievre
          • Middle French: Genievre
            • French: Guenièvre
          • → Middle English: Guinevere
            • English: Guinevere
          • → Galician: Xenebra
          • → Italian: Ginevra
          • → Portuguese: Genebra
          • → Spanish: Ginebra
  • Old Irish: Findabair
    • Middle Irish: Finnabair
      • Irish: Fionnabhair

Descendants

• Old Irish: síabair (i-stem), síabar (o-stem)