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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kentusamonyos

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 *kentus (“first”) +‎ *samon- (“summer”), an n-stem related to *samos (“summer”), +‎ *-yos.

Noun

*kentusamonyos m[1]

  1. beginning of summer, May

Declension
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kentusamonyos *kentusamonyou *kentusamonyoi
vocative *kentusamonye *kentusamonyou *kentusamonyūs
accusative *kentusamonyom *kentusamonyou *kentusamonyoms
genitive *kentusamonyī *kentusamonyous *kentusamonyom
dative *kentusamonyūi *kentusamonyobom *kentusamonyobos
locative *kentusamonyei *? *?
instrumental *kentusamonyū *kentusamonyobim *kentusamonyūis

Alternative reconstructions
  • *kintusamīnos[2]
  • *kintusamonis[3]

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kɨntühaβ̃in
  • Old Irish: cétamain

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kentu-samonyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*kintu-samīno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 32
  3. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 265: “MW cyntefin ‘May(day)’ < *kintu-samonis\ cf. OIr. cétamuin ‘May(day)’”
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