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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).
Noun
*wradī f[1]
- root
Inflection
| Feminine ī/yā-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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*wradī
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*wradī
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*wradiyās
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| vocative
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*wradī
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*wradī
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*wradiyās
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| accusative
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*wradīm
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*wradī
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*wradīms
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| genitive
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*wradyās
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*wradyous
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*wradyom
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| dative
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*wradyai
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*wradyābom
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*wradyābos
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| locative
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*?
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*?
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*wradyābim
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*wradyābis
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Alternative reconstructions
Reconstruction notes
- Zair prefers reconstructing *wradī to maintain a closer formal match to Latin rādīx and Ancient Greek ῥάδιξ (rhádix).
- Matasović's reconstruction *wradis[3] is odd, because *-is does not finally i-affect *a in Brittonic, unless one starts from a plural *wradīs.
Descendants
References
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 174-175
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wridā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
