Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/santeros

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

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥teros 'one of the two', itself from the zero grade of the root *sem- (“one”) + *-teros (contrastive suffix). Cf. Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros).

Noun

*santeros m

1. middle, half

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*santeros	*santerou	*santeroi
vocative	*santere	*santerou	*santeroi
accusative	*santerom	*santerou	*santeroms
genitive	*santerī	*santerous	*santerom
dative	*santerūi	*santerobom	*santerobos
locative	*santerei	*?	*?
instrumental	*santerū	*santerobim	*santerūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *hanter
  • Old Welsh: hanther
    • Middle Welsh: hanner
      • Welsh: hanner
  • Cornish: hanter
  • Breton: hanter

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hanner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*somo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351