Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesus

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 *h₁wésus (“excellent”).^[1] Sanskrit वसु (vásu) and Luwian 𒉿𒀀𒋗𒍑 (wa-a-šu-uš /⁠wāsus⁠/).

Adjective

*wesus^[1]

excellent, noble

Inflection

U-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wesus	*wesū	*wesowes
vocative	*wesu	*wesū	*wesūs
accusative	*wesum	*wesū	*wesuns
genitive	*wesous	*wesous	*wesowom
dative	*wesou	*wesubom	*wesubos
instrumental	*wesū	*wesubim	*wesubis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wesus	*wesū	*wesowes
vocative	*wesu	*wesū	*wesūs
accusative	*wesum	*wesū	*wesuns
genitive	*wesous	*wesous	*wesowom
dative	*wesou	*wesubom	*wesubos
instrumental	*wesū	*wesubim	*wesubis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wesu	*wesū	*weswā
vocative	*wesu	*wesū	*weswā
accusative	*wesu	*wesū	*weswā
genitive	*wesous	*wesous	*wesowom
dative	*wesou	*wesubom	*wesubos
instrumental	*wesū	*wesubim	*wesubis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gwiw
- Old Breton: uuiu
  - Middle Breton: wiw
- Old Cornish: guiu
  - Cornish: guiu
- Middle Welsh: gwiw
  - Welsh: gwiw
Old Irish: fíu, fiu, fiú
- Irish: fiú
- Manx: feeu
- Scottish Gaelic: fiù
Old Irish: feb
- Irish: feabh
- Scottish Gaelic: feabh, feibh
Gaulish: *wesus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Bellowesus
  - → Latin: Bellovesus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Segowesus
  - → Latin: Segovesus
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Wesuawos
  - → Latin: Vesuavus

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wesu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418

[EDPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wesu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418

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