Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wedos

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 *wedʰ- (to bind).

Noun

*wedos m[1]

  1. yoke, harness

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wedos *wedou *wedoi
vocative *wede *wedou *wedoi
accusative *wedom *wedou *wedons
genitive *wedī *wedous *wedom
dative *wedūi *wedobom *wedobos
locative *wedei *? *?
instrumental *wedū *wedobim *wedūis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Irish: fedil, feidil

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wedo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 407