Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wradī

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 a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

Noun

*wradī f[1]

  1. root

Inflection

Feminine ī/yā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wradī *wradī *wradiyās
vocative *wradī *wradī *wradiyās
accusative *wradīm *wradī *wradīns
genitive *wradyās *wradyous *wradyom
dative *wradyai *wradyābom *wradyābos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *? *wradyābim *wradyābis

Alternative reconstructions

Reconstruction notes

  • Zair prefers reconstructing *wradī to maintain a closer formal match to Latin rādīx and Ancient Greek ῥάδιξ (rhádix).
  • Matasović's reconstruction *wradis[3] is odd, because *-is does not finally i-affect *a in Brittonic, unless one starts from a plural *wradīs.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *gwrėð
    • Middle Breton: gruyzyenn, gruyzienn
    • Old Cornish: grueiten
    • Middle Welsh: gwreid

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 174-175
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wridā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430
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