Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wellos
Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, to want”).[1]
Adjective
*wellos[1]
Declension
| O/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellos | *wellou | *welloi |
| vocative | *welle | *wellou | *welloi |
| accusative | *wellom | *wellou | *wellons |
| genitive | *wellī | *wellous | *wellom |
| dative | *wellūi | *wellobom | *wellobos |
| instrumental | *wellū | *wellobim | *wellobis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellā | *wellai | *wellās |
| vocative | *wellā | *wellai | *wellās |
| accusative | *wellam | *wellai | *wellans |
| genitive | *wellās | *wellous | *wellom |
| dative | *wellai | *wellābom | *wellābos |
| instrumental | *? | *wellābim | *wellābis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellom | *wellou | *wellā |
| vocative | *wellom | *wellou | *wellā |
| accusative | *wellom | *wellou | *wellā |
| genitive | *wellī | *wellous | *wellom |
| dative | *wellūi | *wellobom | *wellobos |
| instrumental | *wellū | *wellobim | *wellobis |
| Declension of the comparative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellyūs | *? | *wellyoses |
| vocative | *wellyūs | *? | *wellyoses |
| accusative | *wellyosam | *? | *wellyosans |
| genitive | *wellisos | *? | *wellisom |
| dative | *wellisei | *? | *wellisbos |
| instrumental | *wellisī | *? | *wellisbis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellyūs | *? | *wellyoses |
| vocative | *wellyūs | *? | *wellyoses |
| accusative | *wellyosam | *? | *wellyosans |
| genitive | *wellisos | *? | *wellisom |
| dative | *wellisei | *? | *wellisbos |
| instrumental | *wellisī | *? | *wellisbis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *wellis | *? | *? |
| vocative | *wellis | *? | *? |
| accusative | *wellis | *? | *? |
| genitive | *wellisos | *? | *wellisom |
| dative | *wellisei | *? | *wellisbos |
| instrumental | *wellisī | *? | *wellisbis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wello-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 411