Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/windos

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]

    Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *windo-, nasal infix of Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see).[1] However, Matasovic refrains from assigning any etymology, only giving French vandoise (dace, cub) (itself perhaps a Gaulish borrowing) as a cognate.[2]

    Adjective

    [edit]

    *windos

    1. white

    Inflection

    [edit]
    O/ā-stem
    masculine singular dual plural
    nominative *windos *windou *windoi
    vocative *winde *windou *windoi
    accusative *windom *windou *windoms
    genitive *windī *windous *windom
    dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
    instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis
    feminine singular dual plural
    nominative *windā *windai *windās
    vocative *windā *windai *windās
    accusative *windam *windai *windams
    genitive *windās *windous *windom
    dative *windai *windābom *windābos
    instrumental *? *windābim *windābis
    neuter singular dual plural
    nominative *windom *windou *windā
    vocative *windom *windou *windā
    accusative *windom *windou *windā
    genitive *windī *windous *windom
    dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
    instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis

    Derived terms

    [edit]

    Descendants

    [edit]
    • Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨnn
      • Old Breton: guinn
      • Old Cornish: guyn
      • Middle Welsh: gwynn
    • Old Irish: finn, find
    • Gaulish: *windos

    See also

    [edit]
    Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)
         *bānos, *loukos, *windos      *ɸleitos      *dubus
                 *roudos; *dergos              *dusnos              *blāwos, *melinos
                              *glastos             
                                           *gurmos
                                          

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
    2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423