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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swīs
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wēs, a variant form of *wos, the oblique plural of *túh₂ (“you”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swiːs/
Pronoun
*swīs (singular *tū)
- you pl
Derived terms
- *swiswis
Descendants
- Brythonic: *hwi
- Old Breton: hui
- Middle Breton: huy
- Breton: c'hwi
- Middle Breton: huy
- Cornish: hwi, why
- Old Welsh: hui
- Welsh: chwi, chi
- Old Breton: hui
- Old Irish: síi, sí
- Gaulish: suis[1]
From reduplicated form *swiswis:
- Brythonic: *hwihwi
- Middle Welsh: chwchwi, chwichwi
- Welsh: chwychwi chwchwi, chychwi
- Middle Welsh: chwchwi, chwichwi
- Old Irish: sib
- Irish: sibh
- Manx: shiu
- Scottish Gaelic: sibh
References
- https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/114125/N_GraecoLatina_13-2008-1_4.pdf