Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷeltā

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

See *gʷeleti (“to graze”).

Noun

*gʷeltā f

1. grass

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷeltā	*gʷeltai	*gʷeltās
vocative	*gʷeltā	*gʷeltai	*gʷeltās
accusative	*gʷeltam	*gʷeltai	*gʷeltāns
genitive	*gʷeltās	*gʷeltous	*gʷeltom
dative	*gʷeltāi	*gʷeltābom	*gʷeltābos
locative	*gʷeltai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*gʷeltābim	*gʷeltābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gwellt
  • Old Breton: guelt
    • Breton: gwelt, geot
  • Cornish: gwels
  • Middle Welsh: gwellt
    • Welsh: gwellt
• Old Irish: gelt
  • Irish: geilt (“grazing”)
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: ingelt
    • Irish: innilt