Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/srutu
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *srew-.
Noun
[edit]*srutu n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *srutu | *srutū | *srutwā |
| vocative | *srutu | *srutū | *srutwā |
| accusative | *srutu | *srutū | *srutwā |
| genitive | *srutous | *srutous | *srutowom |
| dative | *srutou | *srutubom | *srutubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *srutū | *srutubim | *srutubis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]The *srutom reconstructed by Matasović is erroneous; he wrongly labels Old Irish sruth as a neuter o-stem[2] when it is actually a u-stem.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) “Air. sruth”, in Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 129
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sruto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 353