Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/samos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *sm̥h₂-ó-s, from *semh₂-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *sumaraz, Armenian ամառ (amaṙ, “summer”), Khotanese [script needed] (hamana-, “summer”), Sanskrit समा (sámā, “season, year”), Tocharian A ṣme.

Noun

*samos m

summer

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*samos	*samou	*samoi
vocative	*same	*samou	*samūs
accusative	*samom	*samou	*samūs
genitive	*samī	*samous	*samom
dative	*samūi	*samobom	*samobos
instrumental	*samū	*samobim	*samobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *haβ̃
- Old Breton: ham
  - Middle Breton: haff
    - Breton: hañv
- Old Cornish: haf
  - Cornish: hav
- Old Welsh: ham
  - Middle Welsh: haf
    - Welsh: haf
Old Irish: sam
Gaulish: samo-

References

Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales

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