Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/druwits

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *daru (“oak”) + *wid-, *windeti (“to know, to see”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to see, to know”), hence meaning "tree-knower".

Noun

*druwits m

druid

Declension

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*druwis	*druwide	*druwides
vocative	*druwis	*druwide	*druwides
accusative	*druwidam	*druwide	*druwidās
genitive	*druwidos	*druwidou	*druwidom
dative	*druwidē	*druwidobom	*druwidobos
instrumental	*druwide?	*druwidobim	*druwidobis

Descendants

Brythonic: *drüw
- Breton: drouiz
- Cornish: drewydh
- Welsh: dryw
  - → Old English: drȳ
    - Middle English: drigmann/drigmenn pl
Old Irish: druí
- Irish: draoi
- Manx: druaight
- Scottish Gaelic: draoidh
Gaulish: *druwits, druwides (nominative plural)
- → Ancient Greek: δρυΐδαι (druḯdai, nominative plural)
  - → Late Latin: Druidae
- → Latin: Druidēs (nom.pl.) (see there for further descendants)