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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stillom

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 from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr-lo-, from *h₂stḗr (“star”). Compare Latin stēlla (“star”) for the formation. For the semantic evolution, compare Old Irish súil (“eye”) from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Pedersen previously compared this word to Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “to shine”), but Schrijver rejects this comparison since -lb- does not regularly give -ll- in Celtic.[1]

Noun

*stillom n[1]

  1. look, gaze, view

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *stillom *stillou *stillā
vocative *stillom *stillou *stillā
accusative *stillom *stillou *stillā
genitive *stillī *stillous *stillom
dative *stillūi *stillobom *stillobos
locative *stillei *? *?
instrumental *stillū *stillobim *stillūis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović's reconstruction *sil-n-[2] seems to be a mechanically reconstructed placeholder; all etymologies reconstruct initial *st- in this word.

Derived terms
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Middle Breton: sellout
    • Middle Welsh: syllu
    • Middle Irish: sellaid

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *sɨll
  • Old Irish: sell (“iris, eye, glance”)

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 421-422
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “sil-n”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
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