Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Weikorīxs

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 a element *weik- (e-grade of *weyk-, whence also *wiketi (“to fight”)) compounded onto *rīxs (“king”);[1] literally "king of fighting".

Proper noun

*Weikorīxs m

  1. a male given name

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *Wēkorīxs *Wēkorīge *Wēkorīges
vocative *Wēkorīxs *Wēkorīge *Wēkorīges
accusative *Wēkorīgam *Wēkorīge *Wēkorīgans
genitive *Wēkorīgos *Wēkorīgou *Wēkorīgom
dative *Wēkorīgei *Wēkorīgobom *Wēkorīgobos
locative *Wēkorīgi — —
instrumental *Wēkorīge? *Wēkorīgobim *Wēkorīgobis

Descendants

  • Primitive Irish: ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq)
    • Old Irish: Fíachrai
      • Middle Irish: Fíachra
        • Irish: Fiachra
  • Gaulish: *Uecorix
    • → Latin: Vēcorīx

References

  1. ^ McManus, Damian (1986) “Ogam: Archaizing, Orthography and the Authenticity of the Manuscript Key to the Alphabet”, in Ériu‎[1], volume 37, Royal Irish Academy, →ISSN, →JSTOR, pages 9–31
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