Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wenyā

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 Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“desire”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”) and Latin Venus.

Noun

*wenyā f

1. family, kindred

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wenyā	*wenyai	*wenyās
vocative	*wenyā	*wenyai	*wenyās
accusative	*wenyam	*wenyai	*wenyāns
genitive	*wenyās	*wenyous	*wenyom
dative	*wenyāi	*wenyābom	*wenyābos
locative	*wenyai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wenyābim	*wenyābis

Derived terms

• *Wenikaros

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • ⇒ Old Breton: coguenou
    • Middle Breton: gouen, gouenn
      • Breton: gouenn
• Gaulish: *Wenetoi (“Veneti”), uenicos (“clan member”)
  • → Latin: Veneti
    • French: Vannes
• Old Irish: fine
  • Irish: fine
• Lepontic: 𐌅𐌄𐌍𐌉𐌀 (venia)