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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swīs

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 *wēs, a variant form of *wos, the oblique plural of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronoun

*swīs (accusative *swes, singular *tū)

  1. you pl

Derived terms
  • *swiswis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *hwi
    • Old Breton: hui
    • Cornish: hwi, why
    • Old Welsh: hui
  • Old Irish: síi, sí
  • Gaulish: suis[1]

From reduplicated form *swiswis:

  • Proto-Brythonic: *hwihwi
    • Middle Welsh: chwchwi, chwichwi
      • Welsh: chwychwi, chwchwi, chychwi
  • Old Irish: sib

References
  1. https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/114125/N_GraecoLatina_13-2008-1_4.pdf
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