Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/samonis

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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.

Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sem- (together, one).[1]

Noun

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*samonis f[1]

  1. assembly, (feast of the) first month of the year

Inflection

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Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *samonis *samonī *samonīs
vocative *samoni *samonī *samonīs
accusative *samonim *samonī *samonims
genitive *samoneis *samonyow *samonyom
dative *samonei *samonibom *samonibos
locative *samonei *? *?
instrumental *samonī *samonibim *samonibis

Descendants

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  • Gaulish: samon- (<Coligny calendar)
  • Old Irish: samain

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*samoni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 322