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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷēslā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to perceive”). Matasović supposes that a feminine form of a suffix *-slos was suffixed onto this root to form this word.[1]
Noun
*kʷēslā f[1]
- mind
- sense, wisdom, intelligence
- meaning
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *kʷēslā | *kʷēslai | *kʷēslās |
| vocative | *kʷēslā | *kʷēslai | *kʷēslās |
| accusative | *kʷēslam | *kʷēslai | *kʷēslāms |
| genitive | *kʷēslās | *kʷēslous | *kʷēslom |
| dative | *kʷēslāi | *kʷēslābom | *kʷēslābos |
| locative | *kʷēslai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *kʷēslābim | *kʷēslābis |
Descendants
- Proto-Brythonic: *puɨll
- Breton: poell
- Cornish: poll
- Welsh: pwyll
- Old Irish: cíall
- Irish: ciall
- Manx: keeall
- Scottish Gaelic: ciall
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kʷēslā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 179