Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weskʷeros

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros.

Noun

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*weskʷeros[1][2]

  1. evening, vesper

Alternative reconstructions

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  • *wexseros, *wexsɸeros[2]

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weskʷero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 159-160:*u̯e(k)speros; *u̯exsero-