Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/awis

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 *h₂ew- (“to desire, wish”),^[1] cognate to Latin aveō (“to desire”).

Noun

*awis gender unattested

desire

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*awis	*awī	*awīs
vocative	*awi	*awī	*awīs
accusative	*awim	*awī	*awins
genitive	*aweis	*awyow	*awyom
dative	*awei	*awibom	*awibos
locative	*awei	*?	*?
instrumental	*awī	*awibim	*awibis

Derived terms

*Awikantos
*awislo-^[2]
- Proto-Brythonic: *ėwɨll
  - ⇒ Middle Welsh: ewyllys
    - Welsh: ewyllys
Unsorted formations:
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Owdaβ̃ (name of a legendary Brittonic king)
  - Old Breton: Outham
  - Middle Welsh: Eudaf
- ⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Owgad
  - Middle Welsh: Eugad
- →⇒ Latin: (rendering Gaulish) Aviaricis, Ambiavi

References

^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “aui-, auitianos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 61
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*awislo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 47-48

[1] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “aui-, auitianos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 61

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*awislo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 47-48

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