Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wegyā

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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 *weg- (to weave).[1] + *-yā (verbal noun suffix).

Noun

*wegyā f[1]

  1. web, woven fabric

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wegyā *wegyai *wegyās
vocative *wegyā *wegyai *wegyās
accusative *wegyam *wegyai *wegyāms
genitive *wegyās *wegyous *wegyom
dative *wegyāi *wegyābom *wegyābos
locative *wegyai *? *?
instrumental *? *wegyābim *wegyābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gweɣ
  • Old Irish: fige

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wegā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409