Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ne

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Adverb

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*ne

  1. not

Descendants

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  • Celtiberian: ne
  • Old Irish: na, (with vowel lengthened)

Derived terms

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  • *nīs(t) (is not) (from *ne esti; in Insular Celtic coming to mean simply ‘not’)

Further reading

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  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  • Schrijver, Peter (1997) Studies in the History of Celtic Pronouns and Particles (Maynooth Studies in Celtic Linguistics; 2), Maynooth: St. Patrick's College, Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, →ISBN, p. 158
  • Jordán Cólera, Carlos (1998) Introducción al celtibérico (Monografías de filología griega; 10), Zaragoza: Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigüedad, Area de Filología Griega, Universidad de Zaragoza, →ISBN, p. 103