Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wēnā

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
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 *weyh₁- (to chase, pursue).[1]

Noun[edit]

*wēnā f[1]

  1. troop
  2. band of warriors

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wēnā *wēnai *wēnās
vocative *wēnā *wēnai *wēnās
accusative *wēnam *wēnai *wēnāms
genitive *wēnās *wēnous *wēnom
dative *wēnāi *wēnābom *wēnābos
locative *wēnai *? *?
instrumental *? *wēnābim *wēnābis

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: fían

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēnā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412