Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/welīts

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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

Etymology

From *weleti (to see), from Proto-Indo-European *wel-.

Noun

*welīts m

  1. seer
  2. poet

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *welets *welete *weletes
vocative *welets *welete *weletes
accusative *weletam *welete *weletams
genitive *weletos *weletou *weletom
dative *weletei *weletobom *weletobos
locative *weleti
instrumental *welete? *weletobim *weletobis

Descendants

  • Primitive Irish: ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ (velitas)
  • Gaulish: uelets

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “welet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN
  • Mans Lead Tablets