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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sālos
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Proto-Celtic
Alternative forms
- *salos (Brittonic)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- (“salt”).[1]
Noun
*sālos m[1]
- saltwater
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sālos | *sālou | *sāloi |
| vocative | *sāle | *sālou | *sālūs |
| accusative | *sālom | *sālou | *sāloms |
| genitive | *sālī | *sālous | *sālom |
| dative | *sālūi | *sālobom | *sālobos |
| locative | *sālei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *sālū | *sālobim | *sālūis |
Related terms
- *salanos
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *hal
- Breton: hal
- Welsh: hâl
- Old Irish: sál, sáile
- Irish: sáile
- Scottish Gaelic: sàl
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*salano-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 319