Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wāris
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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 edit
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *wāsrī (said by Zimmer 2006 to be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn, east”))
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).
Noun edit
*wāris ?
Declension edit
| Masculine/feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *wāris | *wārī | *wārīs |
| vocative | *wāri | *wārī | *wārīs |
| accusative | *wārim | *wārī | *wārims |
| genitive | *wāreis | *wāryow | *wāryom |
| dative | *wārei | *wāribom | *wāribos |
| locative | *wārei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wārī | *wāribim | *wāribis |
Descendants edit
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwawr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wāri-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
- Zimmer, Stefan (2006) “Some Names and Epithets in Culhwch ac Olwen”, in Studi Celtici[1], volume 3, retrieved 13 January 2016, pages 163–179 (See p. 11 in the online version.)