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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
Given it meaning both "feast" and "staying the night", this term's derivation has been disputed. It contains the suffix *-tā anyhow.[1]
- The meaning "stay for a night" can only be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, spend the night”).
- The meaning "feast" is either derived from the "stay" meaning (with a feast and other entertainment assumed to be customary for inviting someone else over to one's place), or Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”).
Noun
*westā f[2]
- staying at someone's place for the night
- food, feast
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*westā
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*westai
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*westās
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| vocative
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*westā
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*westai
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*westās
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| accusative
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*westam
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*westai
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*westāms
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| genitive
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*westās
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*westous
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*westom
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| dative
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*westāi
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*westābom
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*westābos
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| locative
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*westai
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*westābim
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*westābis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 344-345
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*westā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
