Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/es

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 *ís.

Pronoun

*es (feminine *sī, neuter *ed, plural *eyes)

1. he

Descendants

• Old Irish: é, hé, hǽ
  • Irish: sé, Irish: é
  • Scottish Gaelic: e
  • Manx: eh

From the accusative *em:

• Proto-Brythonic: *eβ̃
  • Breton: eñv
  • Cornish: ev
  • Old Welsh: em
    • Middle Welsh: ef, hi, wy
      • Welsh: ef (literary); e, fe (colloquial)