Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wod(w)ā

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

Unknown; Matasović finds any connection with Old Irish fodb (“division, spoils”) dubious.^[1]

Noun

*wod(w)ā f

mole (subterranean mammal)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wod(w)ā	*wod(w)ai	*wod(w)ās
vocative	*wod(w)ā	*wod(w)ai	*wod(w)ās
accusative	*wod(w)am	*wod(w)ai	*wod(w)āns
genitive	*wod(w)ās	*wod(w)ous	*wod(w)om
dative	*wod(w)āi	*wod(w)ābom	*wod(w)ābos
locative	*wod(w)ai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*wod(w)ābim	*wod(w)ābis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwoð
- Old Breton: guod
  - Middle Breton: goz
    - Breton: goz
- Old Cornish: god
  - Middle Cornish: goth
- Middle Welsh: gwað
  - Welsh: gwadd, gwahadden
Goidelic:
- Scottish Gaelic: famh m

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wodwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 427

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wodwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 427

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