Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swīs

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 *wēs, a variant form of *wos, the oblique plural of *túh₂ (“you”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /swiːs/

Pronoun

*swīs (singular *tū)

you pl

Derived terms

*swiswis

Descendants

Brythonic: *hwi
- Old Breton: hui
  - Middle Breton: huy
    - Breton: c'hwi
- Cornish: hwi, why
- Old Welsh: hui
  - Welsh: chwi, chi
Old Irish: síi, sí
Gaulish: suis[1]

From reduplicated form *swiswis:

Brythonic: *hwihwi
- Middle Welsh: chwchwi, chwichwi
  - Welsh: chwychwi chwchwi, chychwi
Old Irish: sib
- Irish: sibh
- Manx: shiu
- Scottish Gaelic: sibh

References

https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/bitstream/handle/11222.digilib/114125/N_GraecoLatina_13-2008-1_4.pdf

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