Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailannā
Proto-Celtic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPIE word |
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*wáy |
Schrijver explains as "the wailer", from Proto-Indo-European *wai.[1] For a similar formation compare *wailos (“wolf”, literally “wailer, howler”). However the suffix is still uncertain. Ultimately imitative.
Noun
edit*wailannā f[2]
Declension
editFeminine ā-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wailannā | *wailannai | *wailannās |
vocative | *wailannā | *wailannai | *wailannās |
accusative | *wailannam | *wailannai | *wailannāms |
genitive | *wailannās | *wailannous | *wailannom |
dative | *wailannāi | *wailannābom | *wailannābos |
locative | *wailannai | *? | *? |
instrumental | *? | *wailannābim | *wailannābis |
Descendants
edit- Proto-Brythonic: *gwuɨlann (< *wēlannā)
- Goidelic:
References
edit- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 115–116
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 223