Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/esyās

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

Pronoun

*esyās f (masculine and neuter *esyo, plural *ēsom)^[1]^[2]

her, hers (possessive)
its (with feminine referent)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *(h)eið
- Middle Breton: he
  - Breton: he
- Cornish: hy
- Old Welsh: hi, i
  - Middle Welsh: y (determiner), eidi (disjunctive, remodeled like a conjugated preposition)
    - Welsh: ei
Old Irish: a (“her”), aí (“hers”)
- Irish: a (“her”)
- Scottish Gaelic: a (“her”)
- Manx: e (“her”)

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ei”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Stüber, Karin (2017) “The morphology of Celtic”, in Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 2, De Gruyter Mouton, page 1209 of 1203–1217

[1] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ei”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[2] Stüber, Karin (2017) “The morphology of Celtic”, in Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, volume 2, De Gruyter Mouton, page 1209 of 1203–1217

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