Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesākos
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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]
Unknown. Possibly borrowed or derived from a non-Indo-European substrate. Welsh gwyach (f) points to a geminate form, *wesakkos.[1] Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to consume, feast, eat”).[2]
Noun[edit]
*wesākos m
Declension[edit]
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wesākos | *wesākou | *wesākoi |
| vocative | *wesāke | *wesākou | *wesākūs |
| accusative | *wesākom | *wesākou | *wesākoms |
| genitive | *wesākī | *wesākous | *wesākom |
| dative | *wesākūi | *wesākobom | *wesākobos |
| locative | *wesākei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wesākū | *wesākobim | *wesākūis |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fiach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1171, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1171