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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wīkā

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 *weyk- (“to overcome”).

Noun

*wīkā f[1]

  1. fight

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wīkā *wīkai *wīkās
vocative *wīkā *wīkai *wīkās
accusative *wīkam *wīkai *wīkāms
genitive *wīkās *wīkous *wīkom
dative *wīkāi *wīkābom *wīkābos
locative *wīkai *? *?
instrumental *? *wīkābim *wīkābis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Irish: fích
    • Scottish Gaelic: fioch
  • >? Gaulish: *uēkā[2]
    • ⇒ Gaulish: *Rowēkā
      • → Latin: Roveca

References
  1. Koch, John (2004) “*wīk-ā-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 124
  2. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uic(o)-, -uices”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 318
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