Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wātis

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

From Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, inspired”).^[1] Cognate with Latin vātēs.

Noun

*wātis m^[1]

soothsayer, prophet

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wātis	*wātī	*wātīs
vocative	*wāti	*wātī	*wātīs
accusative	*wātim	*wātī	*wātims
genitive	*wāteis	*wātyow	*wātyom
dative	*wātei	*wātibom	*wātibos
locative	*wātei	*?	*?
instrumental	*wātī	*wātibim	*wātibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwọd
- Middle Welsh: gwawt
  - Welsh: gwawd
Gaulish: uatis (attested as οὐάτεις by Strabo)
Goidelic:^[2]
- Old Irish: fáith, fáid
  - Irish: fáidh

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 404

[DIL-2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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