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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/snīs

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

Alternative forms
  • *snīsnīs

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nēs, a modification of *nos, oblique plural form of *éǵh₂ (“I”).

Pronoun

*snīs (singular *mī)

  1. we

Descendants
  • Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: ne
      • Middle Breton: ne
        • Breton: ne
    • Cornish: ny
    • Old Welsh: ni
      • Middle Welsh: ny
  • Old Irish: sní
  • Gaulish: sni-[1]

From reduplicated *snīsnīs:

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