Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swelos
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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Matasović dismisses a connection to Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”), declaring their semantics incompatible. He also notes the similar-sounding root Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”), which is an almost perfect match with the Celtic root except for the initial *s-. If these roots are connected, an s-mobile must be posited, but no other evidence of this is known in other Indo-European languages.[1]
Noun[edit]
*swelos m
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *swelos | *swelou | *sweloi |
| vocative | *swele | *swelou | *swelūs |
| accusative | *swelom | *swelou | *sweloms |
| genitive | *swelī | *swelous | *swelom |
| dative | *swelūi | *swelobom | *swelobos |
| locative | *swelei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *swelū | *swelobim | *swelūis |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swelo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 362-363