Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/astilis

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

Apparently a derivative of *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), whence also *ast (“rib”).^[1]

Noun

*astilis f^[2]

part, joint

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*astilis	*astilī	*astilīs
vocative	*astili	*astilī	*astilīs
accusative	*astilim	*astilī	*astilims
genitive	*astileis	*astilyow	*astilyom
dative	*astilei	*astilibom	*astilibos
locative	*astilei	*?	*?
instrumental	*astilī	*astilibim	*astilibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ėsɨl
- Middle Breton: esel
  - Breton: ezel
- Cornish: esel
Old Irish: aisil, aisel, asil
- Irish: aisil

References

^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎^[1], Zagreb, page 3

[1] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 54

[Matasovic-2] Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović‎^[1], Zagreb, page 3

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