Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/welsos

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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 *(h₁)welh₁(bʰ)-, from *wel- (to deceive), see also Lithuanian vilti (to deceive, cheat).

Noun

*welsos m

  1. error, deceit

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *welsos *welsou *welsoi
vocative *welse *welsou *welsoi
accusative *welsom *welsou *welsons
genitive *welsī *welsous *welsom
dative *welsūi *welsobom *welsobos
locative *welsei *? *?
instrumental *welsū *welsobim *welsūis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: fell
    • Irish: feall
    • Manx: foall
    • Scottish Gaelic: feall
    • Middle Irish: fellaid

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1140”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1140
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wello-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 411