Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/widlmā

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

Seemingly some derivative of Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”),^[1] but the suffixation is odd.

Noun

*widlmā f^[1]^[2]

seeress, prophetess

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*widlmā	*widlmai	*widlmās
vocative	*widlmā	*widlmai	*widlmās
accusative	*widlmam	*widlmai	*widlmāns
genitive	*widlmās	*widlmous	*widlmom
dative	*widlmāi	*widlmābom	*widlmābos
locative	*widlmai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*widlmābim	*widlmābis

Descendants

Old Irish: Fedelm (name of a mythological seeress)
Gaulish: uidluias (gen. sg.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uidlua”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 319
^ John Koch, editor (2006), “Bricta”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 284

[DLG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uidlua”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 319

[2] John Koch, editor (2006), “Bricta”, in Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 284

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