Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wasnos

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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 *h₁weh₂- (to disappear, give out), possibly via *h₁weh₂-s-nos or *h₁uh₂-s-nós. A close cognate seems to be Latin vānus (empty).[1]

Adjective

*wasnos

  1. weak

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wasnos *wasnou *wasnoi
vocative *wasne *wasnou *wasnoi
accusative *wasnom *wasnou *wasnons
genitive *wasnī *wasnous *wasnom
dative *wasnūi *wasnobom *wasnobos
instrumental *wasnū *wasnobim *wasnobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wasnā *wasnai *wasnās
vocative *wasnā *wasnai *wasnās
accusative *wasnam *wasnai *wasnans
genitive *wasnās *wasnous *wasnom
dative *wasnai *wasnābom *wasnābos
instrumental *? *wasnābim *wasnābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wasnom *wasnou *wasnā
vocative *wasnom *wasnou *wasnā
accusative *wasnom *wasnou *wasnā
genitive *wasnī *wasnous *wasnom
dative *wasnūi *wasnobom *wasnobos
instrumental *wasnū *wasnobim *wasnobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wasnyūs *? *wasnyoses
vocative *wasnyūs *? *wasnyoses
accusative *wasnyosam *? *wasnyosans
genitive *wasnisos *? *wasnisom
dative *wasnisei *? *wasnisbos
instrumental *wasnisī *? *wasnisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wasnyūs *? *wasnyoses
vocative *wasnyūs *? *wasnyoses
accusative *wasnyosam *? *wasnyosans
genitive *wasnisos *? *wasnisom
dative *wasnisei *? *wasnisbos
instrumental *wasnisī *? *wasnisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wasnis *? *?
vocative *wasnis *? *?
accusative *wasnis *? *?
genitive *wasnisos *? *wasnisom
dative *wasnisei *? *wasnisbos
instrumental *wasnisī *? *wasnisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwann
  • Middle Irish: fann

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wanno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402