Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stillom

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr-lo-, from *h₂stḗr (“star”). Compare Latin stēlla (“star”) for the formation. For the semantic evolution, compare Old Irish súil (“eye”) from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Pedersen previously compared this word to Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine”), but Schrijver rejects this comparison since -lb- does not regularly give -ll- in Celtic.

Noun

*stillom n

1. look, gaze, view

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stillom	*stillou	*stillā
vocative	*stillom	*stillou	*stillā
accusative	*stillom	*stillou	*stillā
genitive	*stillī	*stillous	*stillom
dative	*stillūi	*stillobom	*stillobos
locative	*stillei	*?	*?
instrumental	*stillū	*stillobim	*stillūis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's reconstruction *sil-n- seems to be a mechanically reconstructed placeholder; all etymologies reconstruct initial *st- in this word.

Derived terms

• Unsorted formations:
  • Middle Breton: sellout
    • Breton: sellout
  • Middle Welsh: syllu
    • Welsh: syllu
  • Middle Irish: sellaid

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *sɨll
  • Breton: sell
  • Welsh: syll
• Old Irish: sell (“iris, eye, glance”)