Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wendom

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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 *wendʰ- (hair).[1] cognate with Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos) and Old High German wintbrāwa (eyelash).

Noun[edit]

*wendom n[1]

  1. hair

Declension[edit]

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wendom *wendou *wendā
vocative *wendom *wendou *wendā
accusative *wendom *wendou *wendā
genitive *wendī *wendous *wendom
dative *wendūi *wendobom *wendobos
locative *wendei *? *?
instrumental *wendū *wendobim *wendūis

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: find

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wendo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413