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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/asselī

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

Possibly of non-Indo-European origin as clear cognates in other languages are lacking, though it could formally match *ad-sel-; see *selwā (possession).

Noun

*asselī f[1]

  1. part, joint

Inflection

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *asselī *asselī *asselyās
vocative *asselī *asselī *asselyās
accusative *asselīm *asselī *asselīms
genitive *asselyās *asselyous *asselyom
dative *asselyai *asselyābom *asselyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *asselyābim *asselyābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: aisil, aisel, asil

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*asselī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 44
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