< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sindos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *só (“that”) + -m̥ (compare *sih₂m̥, accusative of *sih₂) + *de ~ *do (demonstrative particle).[1][2]
Determiner
*sindos
- this
Declension
| Irregular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sindos | *sindou | *sindoi |
| vocative | *sinde | *sindou | *sindūs |
| accusative | *sindom | *sindou | *sindoms |
| genitive | *sindī | *sindous | *sindoisom |
| dative | *sindūi | *sindobom | *sindobos |
| instrumental | *sindū | *sindobim | *sindobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sindā | *sindai | *sindās |
| vocative | *sindā | *sindai | *sindās |
| accusative | *sindam | *sindai | *sindams |
| genitive | *sindās | *sindous | *sindoisom |
| dative | *sindai | *sindābom | *sindābos |
| instrumental | *? | *sindābim | *sindābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *sosim, sinde | *sindou | *sindā |
| vocative | *sosim, sinde | *sindou | *sindā |
| accusative | *sosim, sinde | *sindou | *sindā |
| genitive | *sindī | *sindous | *sindoisom |
| dative | *sindūi | *sindobom | *sindobos |
| instrumental | *sindū | *sindobim | *sindobis |
Descendants
- Old Irish: sin, in
- Irish: sin, an
- Scottish Gaelic: sin, an
- Manx: shen, yn
- Brythonic:
- Breton: an, ar, al
- Cornish: an
- Old Welsh: hinn; ir
- Welsh: hyn; y, yr, 'r
References
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “sin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “sindo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 336–37