Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Weikorīxs

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

From a element *weik- (e-grade of *weyk-, whence also *wiketi (“to fight”)) compounded onto *rīxs (“king”);^[1] literally "king of fighting".

Proper noun

*Weikorīxs m

a male given name

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Wēkorīxs	*Wēkorīge	*Wēkorīges
vocative	*Wēkorīxs	*Wēkorīge	*Wēkorīges
accusative	*Wēkorīgam	*Wēkorīge	*Wēkorīgams
genitive	*Wēkorīgos	*Wēkorīgou	*Wēkorīgom
dative	*Wēkorīgei	*Wēkorīgobom	*Wēkorīgobos
locative	*Wēkorīgi	—	—
instrumental	*Wēkorīge?	*Wēkorīgobim	*Wēkorīgobis

Descendants

Primitive Irish: ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq)
- Old Irish: Fíachrai
  - Middle Irish: Fíachra
    - Irish: Fiachra
Gaulish: *Uecorix
- → Latin: Vēcorīx

References

^ McManus, Damian (1986) “Ogam: Archaizing, Orthography and the Authenticity of the Manuscript Key to the Alphabet”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 37, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 9–31

[1] McManus, Damian (1986) “Ogam: Archaizing, Orthography and the Authenticity of the Manuscript Key to the Alphabet”, in Ériu‎^[1], volume 37, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 9–31

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