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      Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wlikʷos
Proto-Celtic
    
    Etymology
    
Disputed.
- Matasović derives this from Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“wet, damp”) with a suffix *-wo-.[1]
- Others instead derive this from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”).[2]
Alternative reconstructions
    
- *wlikʷus[3]
Inflection
    
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural | 
| nominative | *wlikʷos | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷoi | 
| vocative | *wlikʷe | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷoi | 
| accusative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷoms | 
| genitive | *wlikʷī | *wlikʷous | *wlikʷom | 
| dative | *wlikūi | *wlikʷobom | *wlikʷobos | 
| instrumental | *wlikū | *wlikʷobim | *wlikʷobis | 
| feminine | singular | dual | plural | 
| nominative | *wlikʷā | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷās | 
| vocative | *wlikʷā | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷās | 
| accusative | *wlikʷam | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷams | 
| genitive | *wlikʷās | *wlikʷous | *wlikʷom | 
| dative | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷābom | *wlikʷābos | 
| instrumental | *? | *wlikʷābim | *wlikʷābis | 
| neuter | singular | dual | plural | 
| nominative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷā | 
| vocative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷā | 
| accusative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷā | 
| genitive | *wlikʷī | *wlikʷous | *wlikʷom | 
| dative | *wlikūi | *wlikʷobom | *wlikʷobos | 
| instrumental | *wlikū | *wlikʷobim | *wlikʷobis | 
References
    
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 696-697
- Old-Irish is a u-stem. See Kim McCone (1994) chapter II, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 20.4, page 125
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