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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sasyos

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 *sh₁-s-yo-s, from *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with Sanskrit सस्य (sasya), सस (sasa, “crop, grain”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬵𐬫𐬀‎ (hahya, “crop, grain”), 𐬵𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎𐬱‎ (haŋhuš, “use, profit, fruit”), Hittite 𒊺𒂊𒊭𒀭𒈾𒀸 (še-e-ša-an-na-aš), 𒊺𒂊𒊭𒈾𒀸 (še-e-ša-na-aš, “fruit (tree), harvest, crop”).

Noun

*sasyos m [1]

  1. rye

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *sasyos *sasyou *sasyoi
vocative *sasye *sasyou *sasyūs
accusative *sasyom *sasyou *sasyūs
genitive *sasyī *sasyous *sasyom
dative *sasyūi *sasyobom *sasyobos
instrumental *sasyū *sasyobim *sasyobis

Descendants
  • Brythonic: [Term?]
    • Middle Welsh: heidd
    • Old Breton: heiz, heizen(n)
    • Cornish: hêth
  • Celtiberian: *sas(s)ia
    • → Old Occitan: saisseto (“fine wheat”)
      • Catalan: xeixa
        • → Spanish: jeja
  • Gaulish: *(s)asyom (perhaps)
    • → Ancient Greek: ασιαμ (asiam)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sasyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 323
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