Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/slēxsantī

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *slēxs- +‎ *-antī (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pléygʰ-s-, from *(s)pleygʰ- (to go, move) (compare Sanskrit: प्लेहते (plehate)). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλιχάς (plikhás, space between thighs), πλίσσομαι (plíssomai, to cross the legs).[1]

Noun[edit]

*slēxsantī f

  1. thigh

Declension[edit]

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *slēxsantī *slēxsantī *slēxsantyās
vocative *slēxsantī *slēxsantī *slēxsantyās
accusative *slēxsantīm *slēxsantī *slēxsantīms
genitive *slēxsantyās *slēxsantyous *slēxsantyom
dative *slēxsantyai *slēxsantyābom *slēxsantyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *slēxsantyābim *slēxsantyābis

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλίσσομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1211