Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weidwūs

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 *weydwōs, from *weyd- (“to know”) +‎ *-wṓs (stative participle suffix), literally “who has witnessed”.[1] Compare Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌸𐍃 (weitwōþs, “witness”), Ancient Greek εἰδώς (eidṓs).

Noun

*weidwūs m[1]

  1. witness

Inflection

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
singular dual plural
nominative *weidwūs *weiduse *weiduses
vocative *weidwūs *weiduse *weiduses
accusative *weidusam *weiduse *weidusans
genitive *weidusos *weidusou *weidusom
dative *weidusei *weidusobom *weidusobos
locative *weidusi — —
instrumental *weiduse? *weidusobim *weidusobis

Derived terms

  • *noweidwūs (“infant”)
    • Old Irish: noídiu
      • Irish: naíon, naí
      • Scottish Gaelic: naoidhean
      • ⇒ Middle Irish: nóedenán
      • ⇒ Middle Irish: noídenda

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 115
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