< Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/souyos
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sewyós (“left (handed)”).
Adjective
*souyos[1][2]
- left
- Synonym: *kliyos
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *souyos | *souyou | *souyoi |
| vocative | *souye | *souyou | *souyūs |
| accusative | *souyom | *souyou | *souyoms |
| genitive | *souyī | *souyous | *souyom |
| dative | *souyūi | *souyobom | *souyobos |
| instrumental | *souyū | *souyobim | *souyobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *souyā | *souyai | *souyās |
| vocative | *souyā | *souyai | *souyās |
| accusative | *souyam | *souyai | *souyams |
| genitive | *souyās | *souyous | *souyom |
| dative | *souyai | *souyābom | *souyābos |
| instrumental | *? | *souyābim | *souyābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *souyom | *souyou | *souyā |
| vocative | *souyom | *souyou | *souyā |
| accusative | *souyom | *souyou | *souyā |
| genitive | *souyī | *souyous | *souyom |
| dative | *souyūi | *souyobom | *souyobos |
| instrumental | *souyū | *souyobim | *souyobis |
Derived terms
- *assouyā f, *assouyos m (+ *ad- (“to, at, towards”))
- Proto-Brythonic: *assow
References
- Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 262, 297, 302
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*assowyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44