Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wesnālā

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 *wós-r̥ ~ *wés-n̥s (“spring (season)”).

Noun

*wesnālā f[1]

  1. swallow (bird)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wesnālā *wesnālai *wesnālās
vocative *wesnālā *wesnālai *wesnālās
accusative *wesnālam *wesnālai *wesnālāns
genitive *wesnālās *wesnālous *wesnālom
dative *wesnālāi *wesnālābom *wesnālābos
locative *wesnālai *? *?
instrumental *? *wesnālābim *wesnālābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwennọl
    • Old Breton: guennol
      • Middle Breton: guennel
    • Old Cornish: guennol
    • Middle Welsh: gwennawl
  • Old Irish: fanall
  • Gaulish:

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wesnālā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 416
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