Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesus
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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 *h₁wésus (“excellent”).[1] Sanskrit वसु (vásu) and Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒋗𒍑 (wa-a-šu-uš /wāsus/).
Adjective
[edit]*wesus[1]
Inflection
[edit]| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *wesus | *wesū | *wesowes |
| vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *wesūs |
| accusative | *wesum | *wesū | *wesuns |
| genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
| dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
| instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wesus | *wesū | *wesowes |
| vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *wesūs |
| accusative | *wesum | *wesū | *wesuns |
| genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
| dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
| instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
| vocative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
| accusative | *wesu | *wesū | *weswā |
| genitive | *wesous | *wesous | *wesowom |
| dative | *wesou | *wesubom | *wesubos |
| instrumental | *wesū | *wesubim | *wesubis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *gwiw
- Old Irish: fíu, fiu, fiú
- Old Irish: feb
- Gaulish: *wesus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Bellowesus
- → Latin: Bellovesus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Segowesus
- → Latin: Segovesus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Wesuawos
- → Latin: Vesuavus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Bellowesus