Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷeltā

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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

Etymology

See *gʷeleti (to graze).[1]

Noun

*gʷeltā f

  1. grass

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *gʷeltā *gʷeltai *gʷeltās
vocative *gʷeltā *gʷeltai *gʷeltās
accusative *gʷeltam *gʷeltai *gʷeltāms
genitive *gʷeltās *gʷeltous *gʷeltom
dative *gʷeltāi *gʷeltābom *gʷeltābos
locative *gʷeltai *? *?
instrumental *? *gʷeltābim *gʷeltābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwellt
    • Old Breton: guelt
    • Cornish: gwels
    • Middle Welsh: gwellt
  • Old Irish: gelt

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 146–gʷeltā