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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sɸondos

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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

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Etymology

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Has been linked to Latin sponda (bedstead), Old English spōn (shaving), and Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, wedge).[1]

Noun

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*sɸondos m

  1. stick

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sɸondos *sɸondou *sɸondoi
vocative *sɸonde *sɸondou *sɸondoi
accusative *sɸondom *sɸondou *sɸondoms
genitive *sɸondī *sɸondous *sɸondom
dative *sɸondūi *sɸondobom *sɸondobos
locative *sɸondei *? *?
instrumental *sɸondū *sɸondobim *sɸondūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *fonn
  • Middle Irish: sonn, sond (stake, post)

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sfondo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 334