Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wentā

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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 *h₁wen- (place, location (?)).[1] cognate with Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ, bed).

Noun[edit]

*wentā f[1]

  1. place, town

Declension[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wentā *wentai *wentās
vocative *wentā *wentai *wentās
accusative *wentam *wentai *wentāms
genitive *wentās *wentous *wentom
dative *wentāi *wentābom *wentābos
locative *wentai *? *?
instrumental *? *wentābim *wentābis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: cadwent (battlefield)
  • Latin: Venta (possibly)

References[edit]

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