Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/siti-

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Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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Possibly related to the adjective *sīros (long), but the short *i is unexpected; perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European participle *seh₁-tó- (lengthened) before undergoing Dybo's law, though this law's application might have been too early for the change of *eh₁ to to in Proto-Celtic. If not, then possibly from *sh₁i-ti- instead.

MacBain compares Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (extra, excessive), from *seh₁(i)- (to send, sow, deposit).[1]

Noun

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*siti- ?[2]

  1. length

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: sith-

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “sith”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*siti”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 338