Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/walos

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”).

Noun

*walos m[1]

  1. prince, chief

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *walos *walou *waloi
vocative *wale *walou *waloi
accusative *walom *walou *waloms
genitive *walī *walous *walom
dative *walūi *walobom *walobos
locative *walei *? *?
instrumental *walū *walobim *walūis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: fal (“rule”)
  • Middle Irish: fál (“king (?)”)
  • Gaulish: *walos[2]

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*walo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “ualos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 306
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