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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/subi
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Presumably from a non-Indo-European substrate loan, though the pattern of declension found in Old Irish suib looks archaic.[1]
An older hypothesis posited Proto-Indo-European *su-b⁽ʰ⁾- (“to squeeze, pour; juice”) as the source.
Noun
*subi n
- strawberry
Declension
| Neuter i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *subi | *subī | *subyā |
| vocative | *subi | *subī | *subyā |
| accusative | *subi | *subī | *subyā |
| genitive | *subois | *subois | *subyom |
| dative | *subei | *subibom | *subibos |
| locative | *subei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *subī | *subibim | *subibis |
Derived terms
- Brythonic:
- Cornish: sevi
- Middle Breton: siuy
- Breton: sivi
- Middle Welsh: syui
- Welsh: syfi f
- Goidelic:
- Old Irish: suib
- Middle Irish: sub f
- Irish: sú f (“red berry”)
- Manx: soo
- Scottish Gaelic: sùbh
- Middle Irish: sub f
- Old Irish: suib
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358