Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skeidā

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

Etymology

No etymology assigned by the EDPC. Pokorny suggests a derivation from *skeyd- (“to cut”), which also appears in Latin scindō.

Noun

*skeidā f

1. shoulder

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skeidā	*skeidai	*skeidās
vocative	*skeidā	*skeidai	*skeidās
accusative	*skeidam	*skeidai	*skeidāms
genitive	*skeidās	*skeidous	*skeidom
dative	*skeidāi	*skeidābom	*skeidābos
locative	*skeidai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*skeidābim	*skeidābis

Reconstruction

• The masculine gender in Goidelic is probably taken over from *skeitos (“shield”).

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *skuɨð
  • Middle Breton: scoaz
    • Breton: skoaz
  • Old Cornish: scuid
    • Middle Cornish: scoth
      • Cornish: skoodh
  • Old Welsh: iscuid
    • Middle Welsh: ysgwyd
      • Welsh: ysgwydd
• Old Irish: scíath (“wing”) (conflated with scíath (“shield”))
  • Middle Irish: scíath (“wing”)
    • Scottish Gaelic: sgiath (“wing, fin”)
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: scíathán
    • Irish: sciathán
    • Manx: skian
    • Scottish Gaelic: sgiathan