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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sēbaris
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- (“to bind, fetter”).[1]
Inflection
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *sēbaris | *sēbarī | *sēbarīs |
| vocative | *sēbari | *sēbarī | *sēbarīs |
| accusative | *sēbarim | *sēbarī | *sēbarims |
| genitive | *sēbareis | *sēbaryow | *sēbaryom |
| dative | *sēbarei | *sēbaribom | *sēbaribos |
| locative | *sēbarei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *sēbarī | *sēbaribim | *sēbaribis |
Derived terms
- *Windo-sēbaris f
- Proto-Brythonic: *Gwɨnnohuɨβar, *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar
- Breton: Gwenivar
- Middle Cornish: Gwynnever [ca. 1500]
- Old Welsh: *Guinhuifar (< *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar?)
- Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
- Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
- → Medieval Latin: Guennuvar [ca. 1130], Guanhuuara [ca. 1136], Guennuuar [ca. 1150], Wennevereia [ca. 1220]
- Middle Welsh: Gwenhwyfar
- Old Irish: Findabair
- Middle Irish: Finnabair
- Irish: Fionnabhair
- Middle Irish: Finnabair
- Proto-Brythonic: *Gwɨnnohuɨβar, *Gwɨnnohuɨβ̃ar
Descendants
- Old Irish: síabair (i-stem), síabar (o-stem)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sēbro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
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