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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gansis
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
Noun
*gansis f[1]
- swan
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gansis | *gansī | *gansīs |
| vocative | *gansi | *gansī | *gansīs |
| accusative | *gansim | *gansī | *gansims |
| genitive | *ganseis | *gansyow | *gansyom |
| dative | *gansei | *gansibom | *gansibos |
| locative | *gansei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *gansī | *gansibim | *gansibis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: géiss
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*gansi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151