Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wlikʷos
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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
Disputed.
- Matasović derives this from Proto-Indo-European *welk- (“wet, damp”) with a suffix *-wo-.[1] This derivation allows for close relations to *wolkos (“rain, wet weather”) and *wolkīti (“to wash”).
- Others instead derive this from Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- (“moist, to wet”).[2]
Adjective
*wlikʷos
Alternative reconstructions
- *wlikʷus[3]
Inflection
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wlikʷos | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷoi |
| vocative | *wlikʷe | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷoi |
| accusative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷoms |
| genitive | *wlikʷī | *wlikʷous | *wlikʷom |
| dative | *wlikūi | *wlikʷobom | *wlikʷobos |
| instrumental | *wlikū | *wlikʷobim | *wlikʷobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wlikʷā | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷās |
| vocative | *wlikʷā | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷās |
| accusative | *wlikʷam | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷams |
| genitive | *wlikʷās | *wlikʷous | *wlikʷom |
| dative | *wlikʷai | *wlikʷābom | *wlikʷābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wlikʷābim | *wlikʷābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷā |
| vocative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷā |
| accusative | *wlikʷom | *wlikʷou | *wlikʷā |
| genitive | *wlikʷī | *wlikʷous | *wlikʷom |
| dative | *wlikūi | *wlikʷobom | *wlikʷobos |
| instrumental | *wlikū | *wlikʷobim | *wlikʷobis |
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 426
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 696-697
- ^ Old-Irish is a u-stem. See Kim McCone (1994) chapter II, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, section 20.4, page 125