Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wekʷos

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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 *wekʷ- (“to speak, to sound out”).[1]

Noun

*wekʷos m[1]

  1. speech
  2. face

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wekʷos *wekʷou *wekʷoi
vocative *wekʷe *wekʷou *wekoi
accusative *wekʷom *wekʷou *wekoms
genitive *wekʷī *wekʷous *wekʷom
dative *wekūi *wekʷobom *wekʷobos
locative *wekʷei *? *?
instrumental *wekū *wekʷobim *wekʷūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Primitive Irish: ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq)
  • Gaulish: Uepos (personal name)

References

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