Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wēdwūs
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Proto-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *weydwōs, from *weyd- (“to know”) + *-wōs (stative participle suffix), literally “who has witnessed”.[1]
Noun
[edit]*wēdwūs m[1]
Inflection
[edit]Masculine/feminine consonant stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wēdwūs | *wēduse | *wēduses |
vocative | *wēdwūs | *wēduse | *wēduses |
accusative | *wēdusam | *wēduse | *wēdusams |
genitive | *wēdusos | *wēdusou | *wēdusom |
dative | *wēdusei | *wēdusobom | *wēdusobos |
locative | *wēdusi | — | — |
instrumental | *wēduse? | *wēdusobim | *wēdusobis |
Derived terms
[edit]- nowēdwūs (“infant”)
Descendants
[edit]- Old Irish: fíadu