Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gʷeltis

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

A Celtic-Germanic isogloss; see Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”).[1]

Adjective

*gʷeltis

  1. wild
  2. mad, savage, lunatic

Inflection

I-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *gʷeltis *gʷeltī *gʷeltīs
vocative *gʷelti *gʷeltī *gʷeltīs
accusative *gʷeltim *gʷeltī *gʷeltins
genitive *gʷelteis *gʷeltyou *gʷeltyom
dative *gʷeltei *gʷeltibom *gʷeltibos
instrumental *gʷeltī *gʷeltibim *gʷeltibis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *gʷeltis *gʷeltī *gʷeltīs
vocative *gʷelti *gʷeltī *gʷeltīs
accusative *gʷeltim *gʷeltī *gʷeltins
genitive *gʷelteis *gʷeltyou *gʷeltyom
dative *gʷeltei *gʷeltibom *gʷeltibos
instrumental *gʷeltī *gʷeltibim *gʷeltibis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *gʷelti *gʷeltī *gʷeltyā
vocative *gʷelti *gʷeltī *gʷeltyā
accusative *gʷelti *gʷeltī *gʷeltyā
genitive *gʷeltois *gʷeltois *gʷeltyom
dative *gʷeltē *gʷeltibom *gʷeltibos
instrumental *gʷeltī *gʷeltibim *gʷeltibis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨlt
    • Old Breton: gueld-
      • Breton: gouez
    • Old Cornish: guill
    • Middle Welsh: gwyllt, guyll
  • Middle Irish: geilt

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 145
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