Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wētis

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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 *wéh₁itis.[1]

Noun[edit]

*wētis f[1]

  1. withe
  2. that which twines or bends

Inflection[edit]

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wētis *wētī *wētīs
vocative *wēti *wētī *wētīs
accusative *wētim *wētī *wētims
genitive *wēteis *wētyow *wētyom
dative *wētei *wētibom *wētibos
locative *wētei *? *?
instrumental *wētī *wētibim *wētibis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: féith

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wēti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418