Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weidus

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 *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”).

Adjective

*weidus

wild

Inflection

U-stem
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*weidus	*weidū	*weidowes
vocative	*weidu	*weidū	*weidūs
accusative	*weidum	*weidū	*weiduns
genitive	*weidous	*weidous	*weidowom
dative	*weidou	*weidubom	*weidubos
instrumental	*weidū	*weidubim	*weidubis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*weidus	*weidū	*weidowes
vocative	*weidu	*weidū	*weidūs
accusative	*weidum	*weidū	*weiduns
genitive	*weidous	*weidous	*weidowom
dative	*weidou	*weidubom	*weidubos
instrumental	*weidū	*weidubim	*weidubis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*weidu	*weidū	*weidwā
vocative	*weidu	*weidū	*weidwā
accusative	*weidu	*weidū	*weidwā
genitive	*weidous	*weidous	*weidowom
dative	*weidou	*weidubom	*weidubos
instrumental	*weidū	*weidubim	*weidubis

Related terms

*widus (“wood”)

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *guɨð
- Old Breton: guoid, guoed
  - Middle Breton: goez
    - Breton: gouez
- Middle Welsh: gwyð
  - Welsh: gŵydd
Old Irish: fíad
- Irish: fia
- Manx: feeaih
- Scottish Gaelic: fiadh
⇒ Proto-Brythonic: *Guɨðel
- Breton: Gouezel
- Cornish: Goedhel, Godhal
- Old Welsh: Guoidel
  - Middle Welsh: Gwyðyl, Guoiðel
    - Welsh: Gwyddel
- → Old Irish: Goídel
  - Middle Irish: Goídel, Gaídel
    - Irish: Gaoidheal, Gael
    - Manx: Gael
    - Scottish Gaelic: Gàidheal, earlier also Gaoidheal
⇒ Primitive Irish: ᚃᚓᚇᚐᚉᚒᚅᚐ (vedacuna)

References

Celtic Lexicon - University of Wales