Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wisus
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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
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“fluidity, slime, poison”).
Noun
edit*wisus m[2]
Declension
edit| Masculine/feminine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wisus | *wisū | *wisowes |
| vocative | *wisu | *wisū | *wisūs |
| accusative | *wisum | *wisū | *wisums |
| genitive | *wisous | *wisous | *wisowom |
| dative | *wisou | *wisubom | *wisubos |
| locative | *? | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wisū | *wisubim | *wisubis |
Descendants
edit- Welsh: gwlydd (“haulm, chickwedd; weeds”)
- Middle Irish: fí
- Gaulish: *wisus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *wisumāros (“clover”)
- → Latin: visumarus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *wisumāros (“clover”)
References
edit- ^ Koch, John (2004) “*wīso-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 259
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wisu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 424