Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/walos

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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 *h₂welh₁- (to rule).

Noun[edit]

*walos m[1]

  1. prince, chief

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *walos *walou *waloi
vocative *wale *walou *walūs
accusative *walom *walou *waloms
genitive *walī *walous *walom
dative *walūi *walobom *walobos
locative *walei *? *?
instrumental *walū *walobim *walūis

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: fal (rule)
  • Middle Irish: fál (king (?))
  • Gaulish: *ualos[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*walo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ualos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 306