Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wernā

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

Alternative forms

  • *werno-

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wern- (“alder”).

Noun

*wernā f[1]

  1. alder

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wernā *wernai *wernās
vocative *wernā *wernai *wernās
accusative *wernam *wernai *wernāns
genitive *wernās *wernous *wernom
dative *wernāi *wernābom *wernābos
locative *wernai *? *?
instrumental *? *wernābim *wernābis

Descendants

  • Old Irish: fern
    • Irish: fearn
    • Manx: farney
    • Scottish Gaelic: feàrna
  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwern
    • Welsh: gwern, gwernen (“alder”)
    • Old Breton: guaern
      • Middle Breton: guern
        • Breton: gwern (“alder”)
    • Old Cornish: guern, guernen
  • Gaulish: *wernā

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*werno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
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