Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/waidā

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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]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wai (woe!).[1]

Noun[edit]

*waidā f[1]

  1. shout, cry, clamour

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *waidā *waidai *waidās
vocative *waidā *waidai *waidās
accusative *waidam *waidai *waidāms
genitive *waidās *waidous *waidom
dative *waidāi *waidābom *waidābos
locative *waidai *? *?
instrumental *? *waidābim *waidābis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwoɨð
  • Old Irish: fáed, faíd

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*waydā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406