Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wēdwūs

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 *weydwōs, from *weyd- (“to know”) +‎ *-wōs (stative participle suffix), literally “who has witnessed”.

Noun

*wēdwūs m

1. witness

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wēdwūs	*wēduse	*wēduses
vocative	*wēdwūs	*wēduse	*wēduses
accusative	*wēdusam	*wēduse	*wēdusams
genitive	*wēdusos	*wēdusou	*wēdusom
dative	*wēdusei	*wēdusobom	*wēdusobos
locative	*wēdusi	—	—
instrumental	*wēduse?	*wēdusobim	*wēdusobis

Derived terms

• nowēdwūs (“infant”)
  • Old Irish: noídiu
    • Irish: naíon, naí
    • Scottish Gaelic: naoidhean
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: nóedenán
      • Irish: naíonán
    • ⇒ Middle Irish: noídenda

Descendants

• Old Irish: fíadu