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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skātu
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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
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeh₃-tu- (either masculine or neuter), from the root *(s)ḱeh₃-.[1] Matasovic[2] neglects that Old Irish scáth partly declines as a u-stem, which is significant because u-stems were not productive and which is also clearly seen in Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skadus). Further cognates include Old English sċeadu, Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos), and Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).
Inflection
| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *skātu | *skātū | *skātwā |
| vocative | *skātu | *skātū | *skātwā |
| accusative | *skātu | *skātū | *skātwā |
| genitive | *skātous | *skātous | *skātowom |
| dative | *skātou | *skātubom | *skātubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *skātū | *skātubim | *skātubis |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 110
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*skāto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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