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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 *wek(ʷ)speros.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *weskʷeros | *weskʷerou | *weskʷeroi |
| vocative | *weskʷere | *weskʷerou | *weskʷeroi |
| accusative | *weskʷerom | *weskʷerou | *weskʷerons |
| genitive | *weskʷerī | *weskʷerous | *weskʷerom |
| dative | *weskʷerūi | *weskʷerobom | *weskʷerobos |
| locative | *weskʷerei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *weskʷerū | *weskʷerobim | *weskʷerūis |
Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *ʉxer
- Old Cornish: *uher
- ⇒ Old Cornish: gurthuher
- Cornish: gorthugher
- ⇒ Old Cornish: gurthuher
- Middle Welsh: ucher, uchyr
- Welsh: ucher
- Old Cornish: *uher
- Old Irish: fescor
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*weskʷero-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 159-160: “*u̯e(k)speros; *u̯exsero-”