Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesnālā

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 *wós-r̥ ~ *wés-n̥s (“spring (season)”).

Noun

*wesnālā f

1. swallow (bird)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wesnālā	*wesnālai	*wesnālās
vocative	*wesnālā	*wesnālai	*wesnālās
accusative	*wesnālam	*wesnālai	*wesnālāms
genitive	*wesnālās	*wesnālous	*wesnālom
dative	*wesnālāi	*wesnālābom	*wesnālābos
locative	*wesnālai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wesnālābim	*wesnālābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gwennọl
  • Old Breton: guennol
    • Middle Breton: guennel
      • Breton: gwennel
        • → Cornish: gwennel (partially)
  • Old Cornish: guennol
  • Middle Welsh: gwennawl
    • Welsh: gwennol
• Old Irish: fanall
  • Irish: fáinleog
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainleag
• Gaulish:
  • → French: vanneau