Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/weiliyā

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 *weilos (“modest”) +‎ *-iyā (forms nouns from adjectives).

Noun

*weiliyā f[1][2]

  1. modesty

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *weiliyā *weiliyai *weiliyās
vocative *weiliyā *weiliyai *weiliyās
accusative *weiliyam *weiliyai *weiliyāns
genitive *weiliyās *weiliyous *weiliyom
dative *weiliyāi *weiliyābom *weiliyābos
locative *weiliyai *? *?
instrumental *? *weiliyābim *weiliyābis

Reconstruction notes

Matasović seems to be under the impression that Welsh gwyledd m, due to its masculine gender, may have come from a masculine/neuter counterpart *weiliyo-. This is impossible; the ending -edd can only have come from *-iyā (*-iyo- would have yielded **-ydd). The Welsh word can only have gained masculine gender from a secondary gender switch.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwuɨleð
    • Old Breton: guiled
    • Old Welsh: guiled
      • Middle Welsh: gwyled, gwylet, guilet
        • Welsh: gwyledd
  • Old Irish: féle

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wēliyo/ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
  2. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “uelio-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 311
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