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Proto-Celtic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- (“yew”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew”), Latin ūva (“grape”), Ancient Greek ὄα (óa, “service tree”), Lithuanian ievà (“bird cherry”), Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”).
Noun
*iwos m
- yew
Declension
| Masculine o-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*iwos
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*iwou
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*iwoi
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| vocative
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*iwe
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*iwou
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*iwoi
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| accusative
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*iwom
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*iwou
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*iwons
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| genitive
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*iwī
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*iwous
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*iwom
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| dative
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*iwūi
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*iwobom
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*iwobos
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| locative
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*iwei
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*iwū
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*iwobim
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*iwūis
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Synonyms
Descendants
Derived terms
Further reading
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*iwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
- Watson, W. J., The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland. Reprinted with an introduction by Simon Taylor, Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2004. →ISBN, pp. 87–90.
