Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wiwos

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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 *wih₁-wós, from the root *weyh₁- (to wither) + *-wós (deverbal adjective suffix).[1]

Adjective

*wiwos

  1. withered
    Synonym: *krīnos

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wiwos *wiwou *wiwoi
vocative *wiwe *wiwou *wiwoi
accusative *wiwom *wiwou *wiwoms
genitive *wiwī *wiwous *wiwom
dative *wiwūi *wiwobom *wiwobos
instrumental *wiwū *wiwobim *wiwobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wiwā *wiwai *wiwās
vocative *wiwā *wiwai *wiwās
accusative *wiwam *wiwai *wiwams
genitive *wiwās *wiwous *wiwom
dative *wiwai *wiwābom *wiwābos
instrumental *? *wiwābim *wiwābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wiwom *wiwou *wiwā
vocative *wiwom *wiwou *wiwā
accusative *wiwom *wiwou *wiwā
genitive *wiwī *wiwous *wiwom
dative *wiwūi *wiwobom *wiwobos
instrumental *wiwū *wiwobim *wiwobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wiwyūs *? *wiwyoses
vocative *wiwyūs *? *wiwyoses
accusative *wiwyosam *? *wiwyosams
genitive *wiwisos *? *wiwisom
dative *wiwisei *? *wiwisbos
instrumental *wiwisī *? *wiwisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wiwyūs *? *wiwyoses
vocative *wiwyūs *? *wiwyoses
accusative *wiwyosam *? *wiwyosams
genitive *wiwisos *? *wiwisom
dative *wiwisei *? *wiwisbos
instrumental *wiwisī *? *wiwisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wiwis *? *?
vocative *wiwis *? *?
accusative *wiwis *? *?
genitive *wiwisos *? *wiwisom
dative *wiwisei *? *wiwisbos
instrumental *wiwisī *? *wiwisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨw
  • Middle Irish: feo

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wiwo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 425