Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wekʷos

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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 *wekʷ- (to speak, to sound out).[1]

Noun[edit]

*wekʷos m[1]

  1. speech
  2. face

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wekʷos *wekʷou *wekʷoi
vocative *wekʷe *wekʷou *wekūs
accusative *wekʷom *wekʷou *wekoms
genitive *wekʷī *wekʷous *wekʷom
dative *wekūi *wekʷobom *wekʷobos
locative *wekʷei *? *?
instrumental *wekū *wekʷobim *wekʷūis

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Primitive Irish: ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq)
  • Gaulish: Uepos (personal name)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wekʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409