Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ne

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 *ne.

Adverb

*ne

not

Descendants

Celtiberian: ne
Old Irish: na, ná (with vowel lengthened)
- Irish: ná

Derived terms

*nīs(t) (“is not”) (from *ne esti; in Insular Celtic coming to mean simply ‘not’)
- Proto-Brythonic: *ni
  - Old Breton: ne
    - Middle Breton: ne
      - Breton: ne
  - Cornish: ny
  - Old Welsh: ni
    - Middle Welsh: ny, nyt
      - Welsh: ni, nid
- Old Irish: ní, níi
  - Middle Irish: ní
    - Irish: ní

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Schrijver, Peter (1997) Studies in the History of Celtic Pronouns and Particles (Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics; 2), Maynooth: St. Patrick's College, Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, p. 158
Jordán Cólera, Carlos (1998) Introducción al celtibérico (Monografías de filología griega; 10), Zaragoza: Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigüedad, Area de Filología Griega, Universidad de Zaragoza, →ISBN, p. 103

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