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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/samonis
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).[1]
Noun
*samonis f[1]
- assembly, (feast of the) first month of the year
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *samonis | *samonī | *samonīs |
| vocative | *samoni | *samonī | *samonīs |
| accusative | *samonim | *samonī | *samonims |
| genitive | *samoneis | *samonyow | *samonyom |
| dative | *samonei | *samonibom | *samonibos |
| locative | *samonei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *samonī | *samonibim | *samonibis |
Descendants
- Gaulish: samon- (<Coligny calendar)
- Old Irish: samain
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*samoni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 322