Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wessis

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 *wet- (“year”).

Noun

*wessis f

1. sow, young female pig

Declension

Masculine/feminine i-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wessis	*wessī	*wessīs
vocative	*wessi	*wessī	*wessīs
accusative	*wessim	*wessī	*wessims
genitive	*wesseis	*wessyow	*wessyom
dative	*wessei	*wessibom	*wessibos
locative	*wessei	*?	*?
instrumental	*wessī	*wessibim	*wessibis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic:
  • Old Breton: guis
    • Middle Breton: guis, gues
      • Breton: gwis
  • Old Cornish: guis
  • Middle Welsh: gwys
    • Welsh: gwŷs
• Middle Irish: feis