Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wāgnā

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wāg- (“to be bent”), which could be related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[1]

Noun

*wāgnā f[2]

  1. slope, hollow, depression

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wagnā *wagnai *wagnās
vocative *wagnā *wagnai *wagnās
accusative *wagnam *wagnai *wagnāns
genitive *wagnās *wagnous *wagnom
dative *wagnāi *wagnābom *wagnābos
locative *wagnai *? *?
instrumental *? *wagnābim *wagnābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Old Breton: goen
      • Middle Breton: gueun
    • Old Cornish: guen (“campus”)
    • Old Welsh: guoun (“meadow”),
  • Old Irish: fán

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1120”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1120
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wāgno/ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 401-02

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwaun”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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