Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sītlom

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

Alternative forms

• *sītlā

Etymology

According to Schrijver (and repeated by Zair), cognate to Icelandic sáld (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-.

Noun

*sītlom n

1. sieve, filter

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sītlom	*sītlou	*sītlā
vocative	*sītlom	*sītlou	*sītlā
accusative	*sītlom	*sītlou	*sītlā
genitive	*sītlī	*sītlous	*sītlom
dative	*sītlūi	*sītlobom	*sītlobos
locative	*sītlei	*?	*?
instrumental	*sītlū	*sītlobim	*sītlūis

Reconstruction notes

• Feminine gender of this word in the daughter languages can be attributed to conflation with Latin situla (“water-holding vessel”).

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *sidl (unlenited), *hidl (lenited)
  • Middle Breton: sizl
    • Breton: sil
  • Welsh: hidl
• Old Irish: síthal (“bucket, vessel to draw water”) (merged with Latin situla)
  • Middle Irish: síthal, síthil
    • Classical Gaelic: síothal
    • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: sìoladh (“filter”), sìolaidh (“to filter, strain”)