Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/awelā

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 *h₂ewh₁eleh₂, from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

Noun

*awelā f[1]

  1. wind, breeze

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *awelā *awelai *awelās
vocative *awelā *awelai *awelās
accusative *awelam *awelai *awelāns
genitive *awelās *awelous *awelom
dative *awelāi *awelābom *awelābos
locative *awelai *? *?
instrumental *? *awelābim *awelābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *awel
    • Old Breton: avelou
      • Middle Breton: avel, auel (“wind”)
    • Old Cornish: auhel
    • Middle Welsh: awel
  • Gallaecian: *awilā

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*awelā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
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