Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/widus

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 *h₁weydʰh₁-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *widuz.

Noun

*widus ?

1. wood, trees

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*widus	*widū	*widowes
vocative	*widu	*widū	*widūs
accusative	*widum	*widū	*widums
genitive	*widous	*widous	*widowom
dative	*widou	*widubom	*widubos
locative	*?	*?	*?
instrumental	*widū	*widubim	*widubis

Related terms

• *wēdus (“wild”)

Descendants

• Brythonic: *gwɨð
  • Old Breton: guid
    • Middle Breton: guez
      • Breton: gwez
  • Cornish: gwydh
  • Old Welsh: guid
    • Middle Welsh: gwydd
      • Welsh: gwŷdd
• Old Irish: fid
  • Irish: fiodh
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiodh