Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/salixs

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

Etymology

Probably a Wanderwort from an unknown source. Cognate to Latin salix, Proto-Germanic *salhô, and also Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē) with divergent ablaut.

Noun

*salixs f

1. willow

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*salixs	*salike	*salikes
vocative	*salixs	*salike	*salikes
accusative	*salikam	*salike	*salikans
genitive	*salikos	*salikou	*salikom
dative	*salikei	*salikobom	*salikobos
locative	*saliki	—	—
instrumental	*salike?	*salikobim	*salikobis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *hėlɨg (from oblique stem)
  • Breton: haleg (with unexplained reversal of i-affection)
  • Old Cornish: heligen (singulative)
    • Cornish: helyk
  • Old Welsh: helic
    • Middle Welsh: helyg, helyc, helic
      • Welsh: helyg
• Old Irish: sail
  • Middle Irish: sail
    • Irish: sail
• Gaulish: *salicā
  • → Latin: Salica, ⇒ Salicogenna, Salicilla
    • French: Saulges, Saugues