Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷeislā

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 *kʷeys- (“to perceive”). Matasović supposes that a feminine form of a suffix *-slos was suffixed onto this root to form this word.[1]

Noun

*kʷeislā f[1]

  1. mind
  2. sense, wisdom, intelligence
  3. meaning

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *kʷeislā *kʷeislai *kʷeislās
vocative *kʷeislā *kʷeislai *kʷeislās
accusative *kʷeislam *kʷeislai *kʷeislāns
genitive *kʷeislās *kʷeislous *kʷeislom
dative *kʷeislāi *kʷeislābom *kʷeislābos
locative *kʷeislai *? *?
instrumental *? *kʷeislābim *kʷeislābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *puɨll
    • Breton: poell
    • Cornish: poll
    • Welsh: pwyll
  • Old Irish: cíall

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷēslā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179
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