Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/salā
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sometimes derived from *seh₂l- (“salt”), but Matasović finds this dubious on semantic grouds. Has also been connected with Latin salīva, but this is not wholly convincing either. Matasović notes a possible cognate in Proto-Germanic *salwaz, whence Old English salu.[1]
Noun
[edit]*salā f
Inflection
[edit]Feminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *salā | *salai | *salās |
vocative | *salā | *salai | *salās |
accusative | *salam | *salai | *salāms |
genitive | *salās | *salous | *salom |
dative | *salāi | *salābom | *salābos |
locative | *salai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *salābim | *salābis |
Derived terms
[edit]- *salākos (“dirty”)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*salā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 319