Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wewlos

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

Possibly a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European root, though a connection with *bekkos (“snout, beak”) is not impossible.

Noun

*wewlos m

1. lip

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wewlos	*wewlou	*wewloi
vocative	*wewle	*wewlou	*wewlūs
accusative	*wewlom	*wewlou	*wewloms
genitive	*wewlī	*wewlous	*wewlom
dative	*wewlūi	*wewlobom	*wewlobos
locative	*wewlei	*?	*?
instrumental	*wewlū	*wewlobim	*wewlūis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gweβl
  • Cornish: gwevel
  • Middle Breton: guefl
  • Welsh: gwefl
• Old Irish: bél
  • Irish: béal, beola
  • Manx: beeal
  • Scottish Gaelic: beul
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: bélbach
    • Irish: béalbhach

Further reading

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wewlos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419