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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wiweros

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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 *wi(r)-wer-, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (squirrel). Compare Latin viverra.[1]

Noun

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*wiweros m

  1. squirrel

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wiweros *wiwerou *wiweroi
vocative *wiwere *wiwerou *wiweroi
accusative *wiwerom *wiwerou *wiweroms
genitive *wiwerī *wiwerous *wiwerom
dative *wiwerūi *wiwerobom *wiwerobos
locative *wiwerei *? *?
instrumental *wiwerū *wiwerobim *wiwerūis

Descendants

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  • Brythonic: *gwɨwer
    • Breton: gwiñver
    • Cornish: gwiwer
    • Welsh: gwiwer
  • Old Irish: íaru

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2011 December) “Addenda et corrigenda to Ranko Matasović’s Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Brill, Leiden 2009)”, in Homepage of Ranko Matasović[1], Zagreb, page 43