Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kentusamonyos

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 *kentus (“first”) +‎ *samon- (“summer”), an n-stem related to *samos (“summer”), +‎ *-yos.

Noun

*kentusamonyos m[1]

beginning of summer, May

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kentusamonyos	*kentusamonyou	*kentusamonyoi
vocative	*kentusamonye	*kentusamonyou	*kentusamonyūs
accusative	*kentusamonyom	*kentusamonyou	*kentusamonyoms
genitive	*kentusamonyī	*kentusamonyous	*kentusamonyom
dative	*kentusamonyūi	*kentusamonyobom	*kentusamonyobos
locative	*kentusamonyei	*?	*?
instrumental	*kentusamonyū	*kentusamonyobim	*kentusamonyūis

Alternative reconstructions

*kintusamīnos[2]
*kintusamonis[3]

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *kɨntühaβ̃in
- Middle Welsh: kintevin
  - Welsh: cyntefin
Old Irish: cétamain

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kentu-samonyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
Koch, John (2004), “*kintu-samīno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 32
Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 265: “MW cyntefin ‘May(day)’ < *kintu-samonis\\ cf. OIr. cétamuin ‘May(day)’”

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kentu-samonyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201

[2] Koch, John (2004), “*kintu-samīno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 32

[3] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 265: “MW cyntefin ‘May(day)’ < *kintu-samonis\\ cf. OIr. cétamuin ‘May(day)’”