Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wēdos

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 *weyd- (“to see”).^[1]

Noun edit

*wēdos m^[1]

sight, presence

Declension edit

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wēdos	*wēdou	*wēdoi
vocative	*wēde	*wēdou	*wēdūs
accusative	*wēdom	*wēdou	*wēdoms
genitive	*wēdī	*wēdous	*wēdom
dative	*wēdūi	*wēdobom	*wēdobos
locative	*wēdei	*?	*?
instrumental	*wēdū	*wēdobim	*wēdūis

Descendants edit

Brythonic:
- Old Breton: gued
  - Middle Breton: goez
    - Breton: gouez
- Middle Welsh: gwydd
  - Welsh: gŵydd
Goidelic:^[2]
- Old Irish: fíad
  - Irish: fia
  - Manx: feeaih
  - Scottish Gaelic: fiadh

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405

[DIL-2] G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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