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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wētis

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

From Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis.[1]

Noun

*wētis f[1]

  1. withe
  2. that which twines or bends

Inflection
Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wētis *wētī *wētīs
vocative *wēti *wētī *wētīs
accusative *wētim *wētī *wētims
genitive *wēteis *wētyow *wētyom
dative *wētei *wētibom *wētibos
locative *wētei *? *?
instrumental *wētī *wētibim *wētibis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Breton: gueden
      • Breton: gwedenn
    • Old Cornish: guiden
      • Middle Cornish: gusen
    • Middle Welsh: gwyden, gwden
  • Middle Irish: féith

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
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