Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/windos

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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]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *windo-, nasal infix of Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to see).[1] However, Matasovic refrains from assigning any etymology, only giving French vandoise (dace, cub) (itself perhaps a Gaulish borrowing) as a cognate.[2]

Adjective[edit]

*windos

  1. white

Inflection[edit]

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *windos *windou *windoi
vocative *winde *windou *windoi
accusative *windom *windou *windoms
genitive *windī *windous *windom
dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *windā *windai *windās
vocative *windā *windai *windās
accusative *windam *windai *windams
genitive *windās *windous *windom
dative *windai *windābom *windābos
instrumental *? *windābim *windābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *windom *windou *windā
vocative *windom *windou *windā
accusative *windom *windou *windā
genitive *windī *windous *windom
dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)
     *bānos, *loukos, *windos      *ɸlētos      *dubus
             *roudos; *dergos              *dusnos              *blāwos, *melinos
                          *glastos             
                                       *gurmos
                                      

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423