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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/enistī
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eni-sth₂-ih₂ (literally “that which stands in (the water)”), from *h₁en (“in”) + *steh₂- (“stand”).
Noun
*enistī f[1]
- island
Inflection
| Feminine ī/yā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *enistī | *enistī | *enistyās |
| vocative | *enistī | *enistī | *enistyās |
| accusative | *enistīm | *enistī | *enistīms |
| genitive | *enistyās | *enistyous | *enistyom |
| dative | *enistyai | *enistyābom | *enistyābos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *enistyābim | *enistyābis |
Descendants
- Brythonic: *ɨnɨs
- Old Breton: inis
- Middle Breton: enes
- Breton: enez
- Middle Breton: enes
- Cornish: enys
- Middle Welsh: ynys
- Welsh: ynys
- Old Breton: inis
- Old Irish: inis
- Irish: inis
- Manx: innis
- Scottish Gaelic: innis
- → Scots: inch
- → English: inch
- → Scots: inch
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*eni-stī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 116-117