Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailos

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Proto-Celtic

Etymology

PIE word
*wáy

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wai (“woe!”) +‎ *-los.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *upo-ped-lo-s, from *ped- (“to walk; to fall”).[2]

Adjective

*wailos[1]

  1. poor, wretched

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wailos *wailou *wailoi
vocative *waile *wailou *wailoi
accusative *wailom *wailou *wailoms
genitive *wailī *wailous *wailom
dative *wailūi *wailobom *wailobos
instrumental *wailū *wailobim *wailobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wailā *wailai *wailās
vocative *wailā *wailai *wailās
accusative *wailam *wailai *wailams
genitive *wailās *wailous *wailom
dative *wailai *wailābom *wailābos
instrumental *? *wailābim *wailābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wailom *wailou *wailā
vocative *wailom *wailou *wailā
accusative *wailom *wailou *wailā
genitive *wailī *wailous *wailom
dative *wailūi *wailobom *wailobos
instrumental *wailū *wailobim *wailobis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • >? Gaulish: Vailo

Etymology 2

PIE word
*wáy

From Proto-Indo-European *waylos (“wolf”).[1] Ultimately from the same combination of root and suffix as the above etymology, though more archaic.

Noun

*wailos m[1]

  1. (Goidelic) wolf

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wailos *wailou *wailoi
vocative *waile *wailou *wailūs
accusative *wailom *wailou *wailoms
genitive *wailī *wailous *wailom
dative *wailūi *wailobom *wailobos
locative *wailei *? *?
instrumental *wailū *wailobim *wailūis

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*waylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406
  2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 529
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