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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slēxsantī
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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 *slēxs- + *-antī (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pléygʰ-s-, from *(s)pleygʰ- (“to go, move”) (compare Sanskrit: प्लेहते (plehate)). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλιχάς (plikhás, “space between thighs”), πλίσσομαι (plíssomai, “to cross the legs”).[1]
Declension
| Feminine ī/yā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *slēxsantī | *slēxsantī | *slēxsantyās |
| vocative | *slēxsantī | *slēxsantī | *slēxsantyās |
| accusative | *slēxsantīm | *slēxsantī | *slēxsantīms |
| genitive | *slēxsantyās | *slēxsantyous | *slēxsantyom |
| dative | *slēxsantyai | *slēxsantyābom | *slēxsantyābos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *slēxsantyābim | *slēxsantyābis |
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πλίσσομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1211
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