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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weidos

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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 *weyd- (to see).[1]

Noun

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*weidos m[1]

  1. sight, presence

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wēdos *wēdou *wēdoi
vocative *wēde *wēdou *wēdoi
accusative *wēdom *wēdou *wēdoms
genitive *wēdī *wēdous *wēdom
dative *wēdūi *wēdobom *wēdobos
locative *wēdei *? *?
instrumental *wēdū *wēdobim *wēdūis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwuɨð
    • Old Breton: gued
    • Middle Welsh: gwydd
  • Goidelic:[2]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language