Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/Awiganyos

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 *awi- (“desire”) +‎ *ganyos (“birth”).[1][2]

Proper noun

*Awiganyos m

a male given name

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*Awiganyos	—	—
vocative	*Awiganye	—	—
accusative	*Awiganyom	—	—
genitive	*Awiganyī	—	—
dative	*Awiganyūi	—	—
locative	*Awiganyei	—	—
instrumental	*Awiganyū	—	—

Descendants

Early Brythonic: *Awɨɣėn
- Old Breton: Even, Ewen
  - Middle Breton: Ivan
    - Breton: Yven, Ivin
    - → French: Ivain
- Old Welsh: Ougein, Eugein
  - Middle Welsh: Owein, Ewein, Ywein
    - Welsh: Owain
  - → Middle English: Owain, Owayne, Ywain
    - English: Owen
  - → Medieval Latin: Eugenius
Old Irish: Úgaine, Augaine (possibly borrowed from Brythonic[3])

References

Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 268-269
Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “aui-, auitianos”, 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 61
Pedersen, Holger; Lewis, Henry (1962) Supplement to a Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 4

[1] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1995) Studies in British Celtic historical phonology (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 5), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 268-269

[2] Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “aui-, auitianos”, 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 61

[3] Pedersen, Holger; Lewis, Henry (1962) Supplement to a Concise Comparative Celtic Grammar, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 4