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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/satis
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Proto-Celtic
Alternative forms
- *satyos
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to impress, insert, sow, plant”). Another possibility would be Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”) with the meaning of "swarm" derived from a metaphor of "statiety of bees".[1]
Noun
*satis m[1]
- swarm, throng
Declension
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *satis | *satī | *satīs |
| vocative | *sati | *satī | *satīs |
| accusative | *satim | *satī | *satims |
| genitive | *sateis | *satyow | *satyom |
| dative | *satei | *satibom | *satibos |
| locative | *satei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *satī | *satibim | *satibis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: het
- Breton: hed
- Cornish: hês
- Middle Welsh: heyd
- Welsh: haid
- Middle Breton: het
- Old Irish: saithe (<*satyos)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sati-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 323