Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weilos

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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

Along with *weiliyā (“modesty”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“turn”), *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).

Adjective

*weilos

  1. modest

Declension

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *weilos *weilou *weiloi
vocative *weile *weilou *weiloi
accusative *weilom *weilou *weilons
genitive *weilī *weilous *weilom
dative *weilūi *weilobom *weilobos
instrumental *weilū *weilobim *weilobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *weilā *weilai *weilās
vocative *weilā *weilai *weilās
accusative *weilam *weilai *weilans
genitive *weilās *weilous *weilom
dative *weilai *weilābom *weilābos
instrumental *? *weilābim *weilābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *weilom *weilou *weilā
vocative *weilom *weilou *weilā
accusative *weilom *weilou *weilā
genitive *weilī *weilous *weilom
dative *weilūi *weilobom *weilobos
instrumental *weilū *weilobim *weilobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *weilyūs *? *weilyoses
vocative *weilyūs *? *weilyoses
accusative *weilyosam *? *weilyosans
genitive *weilisos *? *weilisom
dative *weilisei *? *weilisbos
instrumental *weilisī *? *weilisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *weilyūs *? *weilyoses
vocative *weilyūs *? *weilyoses
accusative *weilyosam *? *weilyosans
genitive *weilisos *? *weilisom
dative *weilisei *? *weilisbos
instrumental *weilisī *? *weilisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *weilis *? *?
vocative *weilis *? *?
accusative *weilis *? *?
genitive *weilisos *? *weilisom
dative *weilisei *? *weilisbos
instrumental *weilisī *? *weilisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwuɨl
  • Old Irish: fíal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēlo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1120”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1120
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