Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wātus

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 *weh₂t- (“excited, inspired”).^[1]

Noun

*wātus m^[1]

poetic inspiration

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wātus	*wātū	*wātowes
vocative	*wātu	*wātū	*wātūs
accusative	*wātum	*wātū	*wātums
genitive	*wātous	*wātous	*wātowom
dative	*wātou	*wātubom	*wātubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*wātū	*wātubim	*wātubis

Descendants

Brythonic:
- Middle Welsh: gwawd
  - Welsh: gwawd
Goidelic:^[2]
- Old Irish: fáth
  - Irish: fáth
  - Manx: fa
  - Scottish Gaelic: fàth

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wātu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405

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

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