Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/enistī

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eni-sth₂-ih₂ (literally “that which stands in (the water)”), from *h₁en (“in”) + *steh₂- (“stand”).

Noun

*enistī f^[1]

island

Inflection

Feminine ī/yā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enistī	*enistī	*enistiyās
vocative	*enistī	*enistī	*enistiyās
accusative	*enistīm	*enistī	*enistīms
genitive	*enistyās	*enistyous	*enistyom
dative	*enistyai	*enistyābom	*enistyābos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*enistyābim	*enistyābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ɨnɨs
- Old Breton: inis
  - Middle Breton: enes
    - Breton: enez
- Cornish: enys
- Old Welsh: inis
  - Middle Welsh: ynys
    - Welsh: ynys
Old Irish: inis
- Middle Irish: inis
  - Irish: inis
  - Manx: innis
  - Scottish Gaelic: innis
    - → Scots: inch
      - → English: inch (“small island”)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*eni-stī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 116-117

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*eni-stī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 116-117

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