Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-inyos

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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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Suffix

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*-inyos m (feminine *-inyā)[1]

  1. Forms masculine singulative nouns.

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-inyos *-inyou *-inyoi
vocative *-inye *-inyou *-inyoi
accusative *-inyom *-inyou *-inyoms
genitive *-inyī *-inyous *-inyom
dative *-inyūi *-inyobom *-inyobos
locative *-inyei *? *?
instrumental *-inyū *-inyobim *-inyūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *-ɨnn
    • Middle Welsh: -yn
  • Old Irish: -ne m

References

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  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 260, 324

Further reading

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  • 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