Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nowyos

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *néwos, *néwyos.

Adjective[edit]

*nowyos

  1. new

Inflection[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *nowyos *nowyou *nowyoi
vocative *nowye *nowyou *nowyoi
accusative *nowyom *nowyou *nowyoms
genitive *nowyī *nowyous *nowyom
dative *nowyūi *nowyobom *nowyobos
instrumental *nowyū *nowyobim *nowyobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *nowyā *nowyai *nowyās
vocative *nowyā *nowyai *nowyās
accusative *nowyam *nowyai *nowyams
genitive *nowyās *nowyous *nowyom
dative *nowyai *nowyābom *nowyābos
instrumental *? *nowyābim *nowyābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *nowyom *nowyou *nowyā
vocative *nowyom *nowyou *nowyā
accusative *nowyom *nowyou *nowyā
genitive *nowyī *nowyous *nowyom
dative *nowyūi *nowyobom *nowyobos
instrumental *nowyū *nowyobim *nowyobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *nöwɨð
  • Old Irish: nuae, nue, naue; nóe
  • Gaulish: *novios (in many Roman place names)
  • Celtiberian:
    • Galician: Noia (place name)