Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snīs

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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snīs

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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)

1. we

Descendants

• Brythonic: *ni
  • Old Breton: ne
    • Middle Breton: ne
      • Breton: ne
  • Cornish: ny
  • Old Welsh: ni
    • Middle Welsh: ny, nyt
      • Welsh: ni
• 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

1. https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/114125/N_GraecoLatina_13-2008-1_4.pdf