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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

Noun edit

*wessis f^[1]

sow, young female pig

Declension edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wessi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417

[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wessi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 417

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