Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailannā

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*wáy

Schrijver explains as "the wailer", from Proto-Indo-European *wai. For a similar formation compare *wailos (wolf, literally wailer, howler). However the suffix is still uncertain. Ultimately imitative.

Noun

*wailannā f

  1. seagull

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wailannā *wailannai *wailannās
vocative *wailannā *wailannai *wailannās
accusative *wailannam *wailannai *wailannāns
genitive *wailannās *wailannous *wailannom
dative *wailannāi *wailannābom *wailannābos
locative *wailannai *? *?
instrumental *? *wailannābim *wailannābis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 115–116
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 223

Further reading

  • Jørgensen, Anders Richardt (2024) “A bird name suffix *-anno- in Celtic and Gallo-Romance”, in Guus Kroonen, editor, Sub-Indo-European Europe: Problems, Methods, Results, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, pages 133-156