Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wātus
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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 Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, inspired”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*wātus m[1]
Declension
[edit]| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wātus | *wātū | *wātowes |
| vocative | *wātu | *wātū | *wātūs |
| accusative | *wātum | *wātū | *wātums |
| genitive | *wātous | *wātous | *wātowom |
| dative | *wātou | *wātubom | *wātubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wātū | *wātubim | *wātubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Brythonic:
- Goidelic:[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language