Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷoni

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

Related to *gʷaneti. This o-grade i-stem (with the Indo-European o-grade deverbal nominal suffix *-is) is the only one of its kind in Celtic.

Noun

*gʷoni n

1. blow, strike

Inflection

Neuter i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷoni	*gʷonī	*gʷonyā
vocative	*gʷoni	*gʷonī	*gʷonyā
accusative	*gʷoni	*gʷonī	*gʷonyā
genitive	*gʷonois	*gʷonois	*gʷonyom
dative	*gʷonei	*gʷonibom	*gʷonibos
locative	*gʷonei	*?	*?
instrumental	*gʷonī	*gʷonibim	*gʷonibis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Welsh: gwan (“blow, strike”)
    • Welsh: gwân
• Old Irish: guin
  • Middle Irish: guin f
    • Irish: goin
    • Scottish Gaelic: goin
    • Manx: guinn