Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sāgisamos
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek”) by Delamarre and Prósper,[1][2] with the superlative suffix *-isamos.
Adjective
[edit]*sāgisamos
- most inquisitive? most audacious?
Inflection
[edit]| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sāgisamos | *sāgisamou | *sāgisamoi |
| vocative | *sāgisame | *sāgisamou | *sāgisamoi |
| accusative | *sāgisamom | *sāgisamou | *sāgisamons |
| genitive | *sāgisamī | *sāgisamous | *sāgisamom |
| dative | *sāgisamūi | *sāgisamobom | *sāgisamobos |
| instrumental | *sāgisamū | *sāgisamobim | *sāgisamobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sāgisamā | *sāgisamai | *sāgisamās |
| vocative | *sāgisamā | *sāgisamai | *sāgisamās |
| accusative | *sāgisamam | *sāgisamai | *sāgisamans |
| genitive | *sāgisamās | *sāgisamous | *sāgisamom |
| dative | *sāgisamai | *sāgisamābom | *sāgisamābos |
| instrumental | *? | *sāgisamābim | *sāgisamābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sāgisamom | *sāgisamou | *sāgisamā |
| vocative | *sāgisamom | *sāgisamou | *sāgisamā |
| accusative | *sāgisamom | *sāgisamou | *sāgisamā |
| genitive | *sāgisamī | *sāgisamous | *sāgisamom |
| dative | *sāgisamūi | *sāgisamobom | *sāgisamobos |
| instrumental | *sāgisamū | *sāgisamobim | *sāgisamobis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]The positive degree of this adjective is not clearly attested in Celtic; it might be *sāgos if cognate to Latin sāgus (“prophetic”).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Salomon, Corinna (2009–present) Lexicon Leponticum[1], sasamos
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2018) “The Indo-European Personal Names of Pannonia, Noricum and Northern Italy: Comparative and Superlative Forms in Celtic, Venetic, and South-Picene”, in Voprosy onomastiki, volume 15, number 2, , pages 108–138