Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weitis

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 *wéh₁itis.^[1]

Noun

*weitis f^[1]

withe
that which twines or bends

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*weitis	*weitī	*weitīs
vocative	*weiti	*weitī	*weitīs
accusative	*weitim	*weitī	*weitims
genitive	*weiteis	*weityow	*weityom
dative	*weitei	*weitibom	*weitibos
locative	*weitei	*?	*?
instrumental	*weitī	*weitibim	*weitibis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: gueden
  - Breton: gwedenn
- Old Cornish: guiden
  - Middle Cornish: gusen
- Middle Welsh: gwyden, gwden
Middle Irish: féith
- Irish: féith

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418

[Matasovic-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418

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