Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wextom
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring, to transport”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*wextom n[2]
Declension
[edit]| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wextom | *wextou | *wextā |
| vocative | *wextom | *wextou | *wextā |
| accusative | *wextom | *wextou | *wextā |
| genitive | *wextī | *wextous | *wextom |
| dative | *wextūi | *wextobom | *wextobos |
| locative | *wextei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wextū | *wextobim | *wextūis |
Reconstruction notes
[edit]This word became confused with the similarly-shaped (but unrelated) *wixtā in Insular Celtic.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wextā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419/420
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 251-252
- ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2011) “The Hispano-Celtic Divinity ILVRBEDA, Gold Mining in Western Hispania and the Syntactic Context of Celtiberian arkatobezom ‘Silver Mine’”, in Die Sprache, volume 49, number 1, page 72