Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sindainoxtē

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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

Etymology

From *sindai (“this”) +‎ *noxtē (“night”).^[1]^[2]

Noun

*sindainoxtē f

tonight

Derived terms

Proto-Brythonic: *henoɨθ
- Middle Breton: hanoez
  - Breton: henoazh
- Middle Cornish: haneth
- Old Welsh: henoid
  - Middle Welsh: heno
    - Welsh: heno
Old Irish: innocht
- Irish: anocht
- Manx: noght
- Scottish Gaelic: a-nochd

References

^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 38: “*se-nokʷt- ‘this night’”
^ Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “henoid”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 82-83: “*se-noχt IE *so-, and *nekʷ-t-”

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 38: “*se-nokʷt- ‘this night’”

[2] Falileyev, Alexander (2000) “henoid”, in Etymological Glossary of Old Welsh (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie; 18), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 82-83: “*se-noχt IE *so-, and *nekʷ-t-”

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