Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nāwā

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 Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”), albeit with a shift to the *ā-stems.

Noun

*nāwā f

1. boat
2. vessel

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nāwā	*nāwai	*nāwās
vocative	*nāwā	*nāwai	*nāwās
accusative	*nāwam	*nāwai	*nāwāms
genitive	*nāwās	*nāwous	*nāwom
dative	*nāwāi	*nāwābom	*nāwābos
locative	*nāwai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*nāwābim	*nāwābis

Derived terms

• *nāwī (“vessel”)
  • Proto-Brythonic: *nọw (from nom. sg.), *nọe (from oblique stem)
    • Middle Breton: neau, nev
      • Breton: nev (“trough”)
    • Middle Welsh: noe
      • Welsh: noe

Descendants

• Old Irish: nau
  • Middle Irish: nó, nóe
    • Irish: nae