Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/westā
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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]Given it meaning both "feast" and "staying the night", this term's derivation has been disputed. It contains the suffix *-tā anyhow.[1]
- The meaning "stay for a night" can only be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, spend the night”).
- The meaning "feast" is either derived from the "stay" meaning (with a feast and other entertainment assumed to be customary for inviting someone else over to one's place), or Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”).
Noun
[edit]*westā f[2]
Declension
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *westā | *westai | *westās |
| vocative | *westā | *westai | *westās |
| accusative | *westam | *westai | *westāms |
| genitive | *westās | *westous | *westom |
| dative | *westāi | *westābom | *westābos |
| locative | *westai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *westābim | *westābis |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 344-345
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*westā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417