Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/waylos

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

The word is usually explained as ‘the howler’ and derived from *wáy (“woe”, or onomatopoeia for shouting) +‎ *-los. Armenian and Celtic replaced the usual Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”) because of taboo.[1]

Noun

*waylos m (non-ablauting)

  1. wolf
  2. howler

Inflection

Thematic
singular
nominative *waylos
genitive *waylosyo
singular dual plural
nominative *waylos *wayloh₁ *wayloes
vocative *wayle *wayloh₁ *wayloes
accusative *waylom *wayloh₁ *wayloms
genitive *waylosyo *? *wayloHom
ablative *waylead *? *waylomos, *waylobʰos
dative *wayloey *? *waylomos, *waylobʰos
locative *wayley, *wayloy *? *wayloysu
instrumental *wayloh₁ *? *waylōys

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 196
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*waylo”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 406
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