Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Wenikaros
Proto-Celtic
editEtymology
editFrom *wenyā (“family, kindred”) + *-karos (“loving”).
Proper noun
edit*Wenikaros m[1]
- a male given name
Declension
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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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-”