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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/senos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sénos.
Adjective
*senos[1][2]
- old
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *senos | *senou | *senoi |
| vocative | *sene | *senou | *senūs |
| accusative | *senom | *senou | *senoms |
| genitive | *senī | *senous | *senom |
| dative | *senūi | *senobom | *senobos |
| instrumental | *senū | *senobim | *senobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *senā | *senai | *senās |
| vocative | *senā | *senai | *senās |
| accusative | *senam | *senai | *senams |
| genitive | *senās | *senous | *senom |
| dative | *senai | *senābom | *senābos |
| instrumental | *? | *senābim | *senābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *senom | *senou | *senā |
| vocative | *senom | *senou | *senā |
| accusative | *senom | *senou | *senā |
| genitive | *senī | *senous | *senom |
| dative | *senūi | *senobom | *senobos |
| instrumental | *senū | *senobim | *senobis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *hen
- Breton: hen
- Cornish: hen
- Welsh: hen
- Old Irish: sen
- Irish: sean
- Manx: shenn
- Scottish Gaelic: sean
- Gaulish: *senos[3]
- Gaulish: *Senones
- → Latin: Senones
- Gaulish: *Senones
- Galatian: sen-, sin-
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*seno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 330
- Koch, John (2004), “*seno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 240
- Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “senos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 270