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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gansis

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Noun

*gansis f[1]

  1. swan

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gansis *gansī *gansīs
vocative *gansi *gansī *gansīs
accusative *gansim *gansī *gansims
genitive *ganseis *gansyow *gansyom
dative *gansei *gansibom *gansibos
locative *gansei *? *?
instrumental *gansī *gansibim *gansibis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: géiss

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gansi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 151
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