Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailos

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

PIE word
*wáy

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wai (“woe!”) +‎ *-los.

Adjective

*wailos

1. poor, wretched

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wailos	*wailou	*wailoi
vocative	*waile	*wailou	*wailoi
accusative	*wailom	*wailou	*wailoms
genitive	*wailī	*wailous	*wailom
dative	*wailūi	*wailobom	*wailobos
instrumental	*wailū	*wailobim	*wailobis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wailā	*wailai	*wailās
vocative	*wailā	*wailai	*wailās
accusative	*wailam	*wailai	*wailams
genitive	*wailās	*wailous	*wailom
dative	*wailai	*wailābom	*wailābos
instrumental	*?	*wailābim	*wailābis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wailom	*wailou	*wailā
vocative	*wailom	*wailou	*wailā
accusative	*wailom	*wailou	*wailā
genitive	*wailī	*wailous	*wailom
dative	*wailūi	*wailobom	*wailobos
instrumental	*wailū	*wailobim	*wailobis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Breton: gail
  • Middle Welsh: gwael
    • Welsh: gwael
• Gaulish: Vailo (possibly)

Etymology 2

PIE word
*wáy

From Proto-Indo-European *waylos (“wolf”). Ultimately from the same combination of root and suffix as the above etymology, though more archaic.

Noun

*wailos m

1. (Goidelic) wolf

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wailos	*wailou	*wailoi
vocative	*waile	*wailou	*wailūs
accusative	*wailom	*wailou	*wailoms
genitive	*wailī	*wailous	*wailom
dative	*wailūi	*wailobom	*wailobos
locative	*wailei	*?	*?
instrumental	*wailū	*wailobim	*wailūis

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fáel
  • Irish: faol
  • Scottish Gaelic: faol