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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/subi

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

Presumably from a non-Indo-European substrate loan, though the pattern of declension found in Old Irish suib looks archaic.[1]

An older hypothesis posited Proto-Indo-European *su-b⁽ʰ⁾- (“to squeeze, pour; juice”) as the source.

Noun

*subi n

  1. strawberry

Declension
Neuter i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *subi *subī *subyā
vocative *subi *subī *subyā
accusative *subi *subī *subyā
genitive *subois *subois *subyom
dative *subei *subibom *subibos
locative *subei *? *?
instrumental *subī *subibim *subibis

Derived terms
  • Brythonic:
    • Cornish: sevi
    • Middle Breton: siuy
    • Middle Welsh: syui
  • Goidelic:
    • Old Irish: suib
      • Middle Irish: sub f
        • Irish: sú f (“red berry”)
        • Manx: soo
        • Scottish Gaelic: sùbh

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
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