Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷēslā

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (to perceive). Matasović supposes that a feminine form of a suffix *-slos was suffixed onto this root to form this word.[1]

Noun

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*kʷēslā f[1]

  1. mind
  2. sense, wisdom, intelligence
  3. meaning

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷēslā *kʷēslai *kʷēslās
vocative *kʷēslā *kʷēslai *kʷēslās
accusative *kʷēslam *kʷēslai *kʷēslāms
genitive *kʷēslās *kʷēslous *kʷēslom
dative *kʷēslāi *kʷēslābom *kʷēslābos
locative *kʷēslai *? *?
instrumental *? *kʷēslābim *kʷēslābis

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *puɨll
    • Breton: poell
    • Cornish: poll
    • Welsh: pwyll
  • Old Irish: cíall

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷēslā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179