-onei̯
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Type: | inflectional |
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Function: | dat. sg. (on-stem) |
Language: | Celtic |
Phonemic analysis: | -/onei̯/ |
From PIE: | *-on-ei̯ |
From Proto-Celtic: | *-onei̯ |
Attestation: | )kionei, atilonei, piuonei |
Commentary
Cisalpine Celtic documents the retention of the original dative ending -ei̯ in on-stems, which has been replaced by the locative singular ending -i in Transalpine Gaulish and Old Irish, and is also attested in Cisalpine Celtic (see -oni) (Eska & Wallace 2001, Eska 2009: 23, Eska & Evans 2009: 36). The rationale of the chronological and linguistical mapping of the two endings in the Cisaline Celtic evidence is not quite clear yet.
Bibliography
Eska & Evans 2009 | Joseph F. Eska, David Ellis Evans, "Continental Celtic", in: Martin J. Ball, Nicole Müller (eds), The Celtic Languages, 2nd edition, London – New York: Routledge 2009, 28–53. |
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Eska & Wallace 2001 | Joseph F. Eska, Rex E. Wallace, "A syncretism in fieri in early Celtic", Indogermanische Forschungen 106 (2001), 229–240. |
Eska 2009 | Joseph Francis Eska, "The emergence of the Celtic languages", in: Martin J. Ball, Nicole Müller (eds), The Celtic Languages, 2nd edition, London – New York: Routledge 2009, 22–27. |