Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/soso

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 *so (“this”) compounded onto itself (or in other words, reduplicated).

Pronoun

*soso m

1. this

Inflection

Irregular
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*soso	—	*sosoi
vocative	*?	—	*?
accusative	*sosom	—	*sosoms
genitive	*sososyo	—	*sosoisom
dative	*sososmūi	—	*sosoibos
instrumental	*?	—	*sosoibis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sosā	—	*sosās
vocative	*sosā	—	*sosās
accusative	*sosām	—	*sosams
genitive	*sososyās	—	*sosāsom
dative	*sososmai	—	*sosābos
instrumental	*?	—	*sosābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sosod	—	*sosā
vocative	*sosod	—	*sosā
accusative	*sosod	—	*sosā
genitive	*sososyo	—	*sosoisom
dative	*sososmūi	—	*sosoibos
instrumental	*?	—	*sosoibis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *höw (acc. pl. m.), *hoh (acc. sg. m; acc. pl. f.) (surviving in 3pl. conjugated prepositions)
  • Old Breton: -ou (< *sosoms), -o (< *sosāms)
    • Middle Breton: -eu
      • Breton: -e (< *sosoms), -o (< *sosāms)
  • Middle Cornish: -o (< *sosom)
• Old Irish: (conjugated preposition endings) -e (3sg. fem. acc.) (< *sosām), -u (3pl. acc.) (< *sosoms)