Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-inyā

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

Suffix

*-inyā f (masculine *-inyos)[1]

  1. Forms feminine singulative nouns.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *-inyā *-inyai *-inyās
vocative *-inyā *-inyai *-inyās
accusative *-inyam *-inyai *-inyāns
genitive *-inyās *-inyous *-inyom
dative *-inyāi *-inyābom *-inyābos
locative *-inyai *? *?
instrumental *? *-inyābim *-inyābis

Derived terms

Proto-Celtic terms suffixed with *-inyā
Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dolinyā

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *-enn
    • Old Breton: -enn
    • Old Cornish: -en
      • Middle Cornish: -en
    • Old Welsh: -en
  • Old Irish: -ne f, -ine

References

  1. ^ Peter C. H. Schrijver (1995), Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam; Atlanta, Ga.: Rodopi, pages 260, 324.

Further reading

  • Irslinger, Britta (2010), “Les dérivés gallois, cornique -yn/-en, breton -enn et irlandais -ne: fonction et sémantique”, in La Bretagne Linguistique‎[1], pages 57-58
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