Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wolis
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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 *welh₃- (“to wound, strike”), see also Latin vulnus (“wound”).[1]
Noun[edit]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wolis | *wolī | *wolīs |
| vocative | *woli | *wolī | *wolīs |
| accusative | *wolim | *wolī | *wolims |
| genitive | *woleis | *wolyow | *wolyom |
| dative | *wolei | *wolibom | *wolibos |
| locative | *wolei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wolī | *wolibim | *wolibis |
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: fuil
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1144, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1144
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weli-, *woli-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
- ^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies