Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weidwūs

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 *weydwōs, from *weyd- (“to know”) +‎ *-wōs (stative participle suffix), literally “who has witnessed”.

Noun

*weidwūs m

1. witness

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*weidwūs	*weiduse	*weiduses
vocative	*weidwūs	*weiduse	*weiduses
accusative	*weidusam	*weiduse	*weidusams
genitive	*weidusos	*weidusou	*weidusom
dative	*weidusei	*weidusobom	*weidusobos
locative	*weidusi	—	—
instrumental	*weiduse?	*weidusobim	*weidusobis

Derived terms

• noweidwūs (“infant”)
  • Old Irish: noídiu
    • Irish: naíon, naí
    • Scottish Gaelic: naoidhean
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: nóedenán
      • Irish: naíonán
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: noídenda

Descendants

• Old Irish: fíadu