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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snidā

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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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Seemingly a substrate word; see Proto-Indo-European *-níd- for more information.

Noun

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*snidā f[1]

  1. nit

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *snidā *snidai *snidās
vocative *snidā *snidai *snidās
accusative *snidam *snidai *snidāms
genitive *snidās *snidous *snidom
dative *snidāi *snidābom *snidābos
locative *snidai *? *?
instrumental *? *snidābim *snidābis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *neð
  • Old Irish: sned

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*snidā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 349