Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/druwits

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 *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

*druwits m

1. druid

Declension

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

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