< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snīs
Proto-Celtic
Alternative forms
- *snīsnīs
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nēs, a modification of *nos, oblique plural form of *éǵh₂ (“I”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sniːs/
Pronoun
*snīs (singular *mī)
- we
Descendants
- Brythonic: *ni
- Old Breton: ne
- Middle Breton: ne
- Breton: ne
- Middle Breton: ne
- Cornish: ny
- Old Welsh: ni
- Middle Welsh: ny, nyt
- Welsh: ni
- Middle Welsh: ny, nyt
- Old Breton: ne
- Old Irish: sní
- Gaulish: sni-[1]
From reduplicated *snīsnīs:
- Brythonic: *nini
- Middle Welsh: nini
- Old Irish: snisni, nini, sinni
- Irish: sinn
- Manx: shin
- Scottish Gaelic: sinn
References
- https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/114125/N_GraecoLatina_13-2008-1_4.pdf