Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Wenikaros
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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
editEtymology
editFrom *wenyā (“family, kindred”) + *-karos (“loving”).
Proper noun
edit*Wenikaros m[1]
- a male given name
Declension
edit| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *Wenikaros | — | — |
| vocative | *Wenikare | — | — |
| accusative | *Wenikarom | — | — |
| genitive | *Wenikarī | — | — |
| dative | *Wenikarūi | — | — |
| locative | *Wenikarei | — | — |
| instrumental | *Wenikarū | — | — |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic:
- Old Irish: Finchar
- Gaulish: *Wenikaros
- → Latin: Venicarus
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wenyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413: “*weni-kar-o-”