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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
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
- seagull
Declension
Feminine ā-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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*wailannā
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*wailannai
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*wailannās
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vocative
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*wailannā
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*wailannai
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*wailannās
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accusative
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*wailannam
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*wailannai
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*wailannāns
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genitive
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*wailannās
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*wailannous
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*wailannom
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dative
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*wailannāi
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*wailannābom
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*wailannābos
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locative
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*wailannai
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*?
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*?
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instrumental
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*?
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*wailannābim
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*wailannābis
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Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *gwuɨlann (< *weilannā)
- Goidelic:
References
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