Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wertyā

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *Hwer- (to cover, close).

Noun edit

*wertyā f[1]

  1. mound

Inflection edit

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wertyā *wertyai *wertyās
vocative *wertyā *wertyai *wertyās
accusative *wertyam *wertyai *wertyāms
genitive *wertyās *wertyous *wertyom
dative *wertyāi *wertyābom *wertyābos
locative *wertyai *? *?
instrumental *? *wertyābim *wertyābis

Descendants edit

  • Old Irish: fertae

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wertyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 415