Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/druwits

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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 *daru (oak) + *wid-, *windeti (to know, to see). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (tree) + *weyd- (to see, to know), hence meaning "tree-knower".

Noun[edit]

*druwits m

  1. druid

Declension[edit]

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *druwiss *druwide *druwides
vocative *druwiss *druwide *druwides
accusative *druwidam *druwide *druwidams
genitive *druwidos *druwidou *druwidom
dative *druwidei *druwidobom *druwidobos
locative *druwidi
instrumental *druwide? *druwidobim *druwidobis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic: *drüw
    • Old Cornish: druw
    • Middle Welsh: dryw
    • Old English: drȳ (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Irish: druí
  • Gaulish: *druwits, druwides (nominative plural)
    • Ancient Greek: δρυΐδαι (druḯdai, nominative plural)
    • Latin: Druidēs (nom.pl.) (see there for further descendants)