Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wetsis

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

An i-stem derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wetsós (whence Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa, “calf, yearling”)), from *wet- (“year”).[1]

Noun

*wetsis f

  1. a female pig; sow

Inflection

Masculine/feminine i-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wetsis *wetsī *wetsīs
vocative *wetsi *wetsī *wetsīs
accusative *wetsim *wetsī *wetsins
genitive *wetseis *wetsyow *wetsyom
dative *wetsei *wetsibom *wetsibos
locative *wetsei *? *?
instrumental *wetsī *wetsibim *wetsibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨs
    • Old Breton: guis
    • Old Cornish: guis
      • Cornish: gwis
    • Middle Welsh: gwys (“sow”)
  • Middle Irish: feis

References

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 375
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