Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/siti-

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Possibly related to the adjective *sīros (“long”), but the short *i is unexpected; perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European participle *seh₁-tó- (“lengthened”) before undergoing Dybo's law, though this law's application might have been too early for the change of *eh₁ to *ē to *ī in Proto-Celtic. If not, then possibly from *sh₁i-ti- instead.

MacBain compares Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“extra, excessive”), from *seh₁(i)- (“to send, sow, deposit”).[1]

Noun

*siti- ?[2]

length

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Breton: hit
  - Middle Breton: het
    - Breton: hed
- Cornish: hes
- Old Welsh: hit
  - Middle Welsh: hyt
    - Welsh: hyd
Old Irish: sith-

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sith”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*siti”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338

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[1] MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sith”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

[Matasovic-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*siti”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338