Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skaddos
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from an unknown substrate language. Fellow borrowings from the same source include Old English sceadd (modern English shad).[1]
Noun
[edit]*skaddos m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *skaddos | *skaddou | *skaddoi |
| vocative | *skadde | *skaddou | *skaddoi |
| accusative | *skaddom | *skaddou | *skaddoms |
| genitive | *skaddī | *skaddous | *skaddom |
| dative | *skaddūi | *skaddobom | *skaddobos |
| locative | *skaddei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *skaddū | *skaddobim | *skaddūis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]- The choice of masculine gender here is based solely on that of its Germanic cognates; all actual Celtic reflexes contain a masculine diminutive suffix that overrides whatever the base gender of the original word was.
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic:
- ⇒ Middle Irish: scatán
References
[edit]- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “With the Back to the Ocean: The Celtic Maritime Vocabulary”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen and Eske Willerslev, editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics, Cambridge University Press, page 12