Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wenyā

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 *wenh₁- (“desire”).[1] Cognate with Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend”) and Latin Venus.

Noun

*wenyā f[1]

  1. family, kindred

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wenyā *wenyai *wenyās
vocative *wenyā *wenyai *wenyās
accusative *wenyam *wenyai *wenyāns
genitive *wenyās *wenyous *wenyom
dative *wenyāi *wenyābom *wenyābos
locative *wenyai *? *?
instrumental *? *wenyābim *wenyābis

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • ⇒ Old Breton: coguenou
      • Middle Breton: gouen, gouenn
        • Breton: gouenn
  • Gaulish: *Wenetoi (“Veneti”), uenicos (“clan member”)
  • Old Irish: fine
  • Lepontic: 𐌅𐌄𐌍𐌉𐌀 (venia)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wenyā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
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