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]

  1. sow, young female pig

Declension

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

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: feis
  • → Asturian: guaḥe?

References

  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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