Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wailos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *wáy |
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wai (“woe!”) + *-los.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *upo-ped-lo-s, from *ped- (“to walk; to fall”).[2]
Adjective
*wailos[1]
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailos | *wailou | *wailoi |
| vocative | *waile | *wailou | *wailoi |
| accusative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailons |
| genitive | *wailī | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailūi | *wailobom | *wailobos |
| instrumental | *wailū | *wailobim | *wailobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailā | *wailai | *wailās |
| vocative | *wailā | *wailai | *wailās |
| accusative | *wailam | *wailai | *wailans |
| genitive | *wailās | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailai | *wailābom | *wailābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wailābim | *wailābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailā |
| vocative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailā |
| accusative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailā |
| genitive | *wailī | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailūi | *wailobom | *wailobos |
| instrumental | *wailū | *wailobim | *wailobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailyūs | *? | *wailyoses |
| vocative | *wailyūs | *? | *wailyoses |
| accusative | *wailyosam | *? | *wailyosans |
| genitive | *wailisos | *? | *wailisom |
| dative | *wailisei | *? | *wailisbos |
| instrumental | *wailisī | *? | *wailisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailyūs | *? | *wailyoses |
| vocative | *wailyūs | *? | *wailyoses |
| accusative | *wailyosam | *? | *wailyosans |
| genitive | *wailisos | *? | *wailisom |
| dative | *wailisei | *? | *wailisbos |
| instrumental | *wailisī | *? | *wailisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wailis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *wailis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *wailis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *wailisos | *? | *wailisom |
| dative | *wailisei | *? | *wailisbos |
| instrumental | *wailisī | *? | *wailisbis |
Descendants
Etymology 2
| PIE word |
|---|
| *wáy |
From Proto-Indo-European *waylos (“wolf”).[1] Ultimately from the same combination of root and suffix as the above etymology, though more archaic.
Noun
*wailos m[1]
- (Goidelic) wolf
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *wailos | *wailou | *wailoi |
| vocative | *waile | *wailou | *wailoi |
| accusative | *wailom | *wailou | *wailons |
| genitive | *wailī | *wailous | *wailom |
| dative | *wailūi | *wailobom | *wailobos |
| locative | *wailei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *wailū | *wailobim | *wailūis |
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*waylo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406
- ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 529