Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wīros

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wiros
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 *weh₁ros, from *weh₁- (“true”).[1]

Adjective

*wīros

  1. true

Inflection

O/ā-stem
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wīros *wīrou *wīroi
vocative *wīre *wīrou *wīroi
accusative *wīrom *wīrou *wīrons
genitive *wīrī *wīrous *wīrom
dative *wīrūi *wīrobom *wīrobos
instrumental *wīrū *wīrobim *wīrobis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wīrā *wīrai *wīrās
vocative *wīrā *wīrai *wīrās
accusative *wīram *wīrai *wīrans
genitive *wīrās *wīrous *wīrom
dative *wīrai *wīrābom *wīrābos
instrumental *? *wīrābim *wīrābis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wīrom *wīrou *wīrā
vocative *wīrom *wīrou *wīrā
accusative *wīrom *wīrou *wīrā
genitive *wīrī *wīrous *wīrom
dative *wīrūi *wīrobom *wīrobos
instrumental *wīrū *wīrobim *wīrobis
Declension of the comparative
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *wīryūs *? *wīryoses
vocative *wīryūs *? *wīryoses
accusative *wīryosam *? *wīryosans
genitive *wīrisos *? *wīrisom
dative *wīrisei *? *wīrisbos
instrumental *wīrisī *? *wīrisbis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *wīryūs *? *wīryoses
vocative *wīryūs *? *wīryoses
accusative *wīryosam *? *wīryosans
genitive *wīrisos *? *wīrisom
dative *wīrisei *? *wīrisbos
instrumental *wīrisī *? *wīrisbis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *wīris *? *?
vocative *wīris *? *?
accusative *wīris *? *?
genitive *wīrisos *? *wīrisom
dative *wīrisei *? *wīrisbos
instrumental *wīrisī *? *wīrisbis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwir
    • Old Breton: guir
    • Old Cornish: guir
    • Middle Welsh: gwir
  • Old Irish: fír

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 424
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