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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/senisteros

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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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From *senos (old) +‎ *-is- (comparative suffix) +‎ *-teros (contrastive/oppositive suffix).[1]

Adjective

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*senisteros

  1. elder

Inflection

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O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *senisteros *senisterou *senisteroi
vocative *senistere *senisterou *senisteroi
accusative *senisterom *senisterou *senisteroms
genitive *senisterī *senisterous *senisterom
dative *senisterūi *senisterobom *senisterobos
instrumental *senisterū *senisterobim *senisterobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *senisterā *senisterai *senisterās
vocative *senisterā *senisterai *senisterās
accusative *senisteram *senisterai *senisterams
genitive *senisterās *senisterous *senisterom
dative *senisterai *senisterābom *senisterābos
instrumental *? *senisterābim *senisterābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *senisterom *senisterou *senisterā
vocative *senisterom *senisterou *senisterā
accusative *senisterom *senisterou *senisterā
genitive *senisterī *senisterous *senisterom
dative *senisterūi *senisterobom *senisterobos
instrumental *senisterū *senisterobim *senisterobis

Descendants

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  • Old Irish: sinser
    • Irish: sinsear
    • Scottish Gaelic: sinnsear
  • Gaulish:[2]

References

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  1. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 425-426
  2. ^ 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, →DOI, pages 108–138