Cognate Set 622 – Meaning: old

IE-CoR reference form:
*sen-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Armenian, Indic, Baltic, and Celtic lexemes derived from PIE *sen- 'old' (Martirosyan 2010:, EWAia II:695, ALEW 901-902, Derksen 2015:393, Matasović 2009:330).
Found in clades:
Armenian, Baltic, Celtic, Indic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 4 clades by 13 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
17   Armenian: Western hin հին hin hin
16   Armenian: Eastern hin հին hin hin Doesn't refer to age.
161   Gaelic: Irish sean ˈʃænˠ ˈsʲanˠ
76   Lithuanian sẽnas ˈsʲæːnɐs ˈsʲæːnas
159   Gaelic: Scottish sean ʃɛn
21   Vedic: Early sána- सन- ˈsɐnɐ sána- ~ sánaya- ~ sanáya-
158   Old Irish sen ˈsʲɛn ˈsʲen
148   Gaulish senos Frequent in personal names, e.g. Seno-virus ("old man").
160   Gaelic: Manx shenn ʃen ʃen sean
151   Welsh: North hen heːn heːn
150   Middle Welsh hen hen
149   Old Welsh hen hen
154   Old Breton hen
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 393
    S.v. Lith. sẽnas 'old', from PIE *sen-o- (cf. Skt. sána- 'old'; Lat. senex 'old man'; OIr. sen 'old').
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 901-902
    S.v. OLith. sẽnas 'alt' (BSl. Latv. sȩns 'alt, aus alter Zeit stammend, ehemalig', etc.), from PIE *sen- 'alt', *sén-o/eh₂- 'id.' (cf. Ved. sána- 'alt', YAv. hana- 'alt, greis', Gk. ἕνος, -η, -ον 'alt, vormalig', Arm. hin 'alt', Lat. senex, senis 'alt; Greis', OIr. sen 'alt', Goth. sineigs 'alter Mann', etc.).
  • Martirosyan, Hrach: 408-409
    S.v. Arm. hin 'old, ancient, worn-out', from PIE o-stem *seno- 'old' (cf. Skt. sána- 'old', YAv. hana- 'old, grey', Gk. ἕνος 'last year's, old' < *seno-; Lat. senex 'old, aged, old man', senior 'older', etc.).
  • Matasović, Ranko: 330
    S.v. Proto-Celtic *seno- 'old', from PIE *seno- 'old' (IEW 908), cf. Skt. sána-, Gk. ἕνος, Lat. senex, Goth. sineigs, Lith. sẽnas, Arm. hin.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:695
    S.v. Ved. sána- 'alt, ehemalig, früher' (Av. hana- 'alt, greis'), from PIE *séno- (cf. Gk. ἕνος 'alt, vom vorigen Jahr', Arm. hin 'alt', OIr. sen 'alt', Lith. sẽnas 'Greis', Lett. sens früherm ehemalig').
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 613
    S.v. *sen- 'alt' (IEW 907f., EIEC 409).