Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-inyā

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

Suffix

*-inyā f (masculine *-inyos)

1. Forms feminine singulative nouns.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-inyā	*-inyai	*-inyās
vocative	*-inyā	*-inyai	*-inyās
accusative	*-inyam	*-inyai	*-inyāms
genitive	*-inyās	*-inyous	*-inyom
dative	*-inyāi	*-inyābom	*-inyābos
locative	*-inyai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*-inyābim	*-inyābis

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-inyā

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *-enn
  • Old Breton: -enn
    • Middle Breton: -enn
      • Breton: -enn
  • Old Cornish: -en
    • Middle Cornish: -en
      • Cornish: -en
  • Old Welsh: -en
    • Middle Welsh: -en
      • Welsh: -en
• Old Irish: -ne f, -ine

Further reading

• Irslinger, Britta (2010) “Les dérivés gallois, cornique -yn/-en, breton -enn et irlandais -ne: fonction et sémantique”, in La Bretagne Linguistique‎^[1], pages 57-58