Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skātos

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

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-tó-s, from *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkess, shadow”) +‎ *-tós.

Noun

*skātos m^[1]^[2]^[3]

shadow, shade

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skātos	*skātou	*skātoi
vocative	*skāte	*skātou	*skātoi
accusative	*skātom	*skātou	*skātons
genitive	*skātī	*skātous	*skātom
dative	*skātūi	*skātobom	*skātobos
locative	*skātei	*?	*?
instrumental	*skātū	*skātobim	*skātūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *skọd
- Breton: skeud
- Old Cornish: scod
  - Cornish: skeus
- Middle Welsh: ysgawt
  - Welsh: ysgod
Old Irish: scáth
- Irish: scáth
- Manx: scaa
- Scottish Gaelic: sgàth
- ⇒ Middle Irish: scáthán
  - Irish: scáthán

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skāto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
^ Koch, John (2004) “*skāto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 110

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skāto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 340

[2] Koch, John (2004) “*skāto-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[3] Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 110

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