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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wegnos

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (to go, transport).

Noun

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*wegnos m[1]

  1. wagon, cart

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wegnos *wegnou *wegnoi
vocative *wegne *wegnou *wegnoi
accusative *wegnom *wegnou *wegnoms
genitive *wegnī *wegnous *wegnom
dative *wegnūi *wegnobom *wegnobos
locative *wegnei *? *?
instrumental *wegnū *wegnobim *wegnūis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *gweɨn
  • Old Irish: fén[2]

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wegno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language