Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wisus

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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]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *weys- (fluidity, slime, poison).

Noun[edit]

*wisus m[2]

  1. poison

Declension[edit]

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wisus *wisū *wisowes
vocative *wisu *wisū *wisūs
accusative *wisum *wisū *wisums
genitive *wisous *wisous *wisowom
dative *wisou *wisubom *wisubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *wisū *wisubim *wisubis

Descendants[edit]

  • Welsh: gwlydd (haulm, chickwedd; weeds)
  • Middle Irish:
  • Gaulish: *wisus

References[edit]

  1. ^ Koch, John (2004) “*wīso-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 259
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wisu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 424